Anorexia and weight loss in older persons

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-137

  Morley, John E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; APPETITE STIMULANT; CANNABIS DERIVATIVE; CHOLECYSTOKININ RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CYPROHEPTADINE; DRONABINOL; GESTAGEN; MEGESTROL ACETATE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR AGONIST; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; TESTOSTERONE; THALIDOMIDE;

AGED; AGING; ANOREXIA; BODY MASS; DIET THERAPY; EDITORIAL; EMOTION; FEEDING; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC CARE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALNUTRITION; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CANNABIS;

EID: 0037323089     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.2.m131     Document Type: Editorial

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