The correlation of cytokine levels with body weight after megestrol acetate treatment in geriatric patients

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2001, Pages M48-M54

  Yeh, Shing Shing ^a   Wu, Suh yuh ^b   Levine, Daniel M ^c   Parker, Thomas S ^c   Olson, Jeffery S ^d   Stevens, Michael R ^d   Schuster, Michael W ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROGOSIN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGESTROL ACETATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CACHEXIA; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; NURSING HOMES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0035168768     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/56.1.M48     Document Type: Article

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