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Descriptor English:   Wasting Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome Debilitante 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome de Emaciação 
Synonyms English:   Wasting Disease  
Tree Number:   C18.452.915
C18.654.940
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   human or animal; do not confuse with CACHEXIA: do not make diagnoses, use words of text; HIV WASTING SYNDROME is also available
See Related English:   Cachexia
 
History Note English:   97 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy urine
ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   32961 
Unique Identifier:   D019282 

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