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Abstract
A condition of involuntary weight loss of greater then 10% of baseline body weight. It is characterized by atrophy of muscles and depletion of lean body mass. Wasting is a sign of MALNUTRITION as a result of inadequate dietary intake, malabsorption, or hypermetabolism.
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- Wasting Disease
- Wasting Diseases
- Wasting Syndromes
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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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human or animal; do not confuse with CACHEXIA: do not make diagnoses, use words of text; HIV WASTING SYNDROME is also available
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Wasting Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019282. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019282
- Wasting Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasting
- Wasting Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7972881