Consensus on cachexia definitions

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 229-230

  Argilés, Josep M ^a   Anker, Stefan D ^b,c   Evans, William J ^d   Morley, John E ^e   Fearon, Ken C H ^f   Strasser, Florian ^g   Muscaritoli, Maurizio ^h   Baracos, Vicky E ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Scientific Institute   (Italy)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^h SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACHEXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSENSUS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77952530647     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.02.004     Document Type: Editorial

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