Current management of cancer-associated anorexia and weight loss

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 497-508

  Jatoi, Aminah ^a   Loprinzi, Charles L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANOREXIA; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANOREXIA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0035319845     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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