Diseases

Emaciation

Clinical manifestation of excessive LEANNESS usually caused by disease or a lack of nutrition (MALNUTRITION).

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Clinical manifestation of excessive LEANNESS usually caused by disease or a lack of nutrition (MALNUTRITION).

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  • Emaciations

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Emaciation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004614. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004614
  2. Emaciation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emaciation
  3. Emaciation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q568378