Pathophysiology of anorexia

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 661-673

  Morley, John E ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYTOKINE; DIGOXIN; FLUOXETINE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 1; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MEGESTROL ACETATE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THALIDOMIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; BURN; CACHEXIA; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CELIAC DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPHAGIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PANCREAS INSUFFICIENCY; PARANOIA; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASTE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; APPETITE; CACHEXIA; EATING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; TASTE;

EID: 0036828458     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0690(02)00047-2     Document Type: Review

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