"HIV Wasting Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Involuntary weight loss of greater than 10 percent associated with intermittent or constant fever and chronic diarrhea or fatigue for more than 30 days in the absence of a defined cause other than HIV infection. A constant feature is major muscle wasting with scattered myofiber degeneration. A variety of etiologies, which vary among patients, contributes to this syndrome. (From Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed, p1611).
| Descriptor ID |
D019247
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C02.782.815.616.400.520 C02.800.801.400.520 C18.452.915.520 C18.654.940.520 C20.673.480.520
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| Concept/Terms |
HIV Wasting Syndrome- HIV Wasting Syndrome
- HIV Wasting Disease
- Slim Disease
- Wasting Syndrome, HIV
- AIDS Wasting Syndrome
- Wasting Syndrome, AIDS
- Wasting Disease, HIV
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "HIV Wasting Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Supplementary feeding in the care of the wasted HIV infected patient. Malawi Med J. 2010 Jun; 22(2):46-8.
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The benefit of supplementary feeding for wasted Malawian adults initiating ART. AIDS Care. 2010 Jun; 22(6):737-42.
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Nutritional status of Malawian adults on antiretroviral therapy 1 year after supplementary feeding in the first 3 months of therapy. Trop Med Int Health. 2009 Sep; 14(9):1059-63.
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Supplementary feeding with either ready-to-use fortified spread or corn-soy blend in wasted adults starting antiretroviral therapy in Malawi: randomised, investigator blinded, controlled trial. BMJ. 2009 May 22; 338:b1867.
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Analysis of the mitochondrial DNA genome in the peripheral blood leukocytes of HIV-infected patients with or without lipoatrophy. AIDS. 2002 Mar 08; 16(4):513-8.
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Effects of tapering doses of oral prednisone on viral load among HIV-infected patients with unexplained weight loss. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 1997 Nov 20; 13(17):1533-7.