Rational approach to patients with unintentional weight loss

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 923-929

  Bouras, E P ^a   Lange, S M ^a   Scolapio, J S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE ANTIBODY; DRONABINOL; GESTAGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; METHYLXANTHINE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLUCOGENESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0034846193     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-6196(11)62113-7     Document Type: Review

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