Contribution of anorexia and hypermetabolism to weight loss in anicteric patients with pancreatic cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 196-197

  Wigmore, S J ^a   Plester, C E ^a   Ross, J A ^a   Fearon, K C H ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANOREXIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0031028044     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800840214     Document Type: Article

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