Megestrol acetate in patients with AIDS-related cachexia

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 393-399

  Von Roenn, Jamie H ^a   Armstrong, Donald ^b   Kotler, Donald P ^c   Cohn, David L ^d   Klimas, Nancy G ^e   Tchekmedyian, N S ^f   Cone, Lawrence ^g   Brennan, Patrick J ^h   Weitzman, Sigmund A ^f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^d School of Public Health   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Eisenhower Medical Center ^*

^g EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGESTROL ACETATE; PLACEBO;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0028597538     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-121-6-199409150-00001     Document Type: Article

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