Oxymetholone promotes weight gain in patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infection

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 129-138

  Hengge, Ulrich R ^a,b   Baumann, Mathias ^a   Maleßa, Rolf ^a   Brockmeyer, Norbert H ^a   Goos, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cachexia; Human immunodeficiency virus; Oxymetholone

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KETOTIFEN FUMARATE; OXYMETHOLONE; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANABOLIC AGENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; CACHEXIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HIV-1; HUMANS; KETOTIFEN; MALE; OXYMETHOLONE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WEIGHT GAIN;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1;

EID: 0030069228     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19960116     Document Type: Article

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