| Descriptor English: | Cachexia | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Caquexia
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Caquexia | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Cachexie | ||||||
| Tree number(s): |
C23.888.144.243.963.250 C23.888.144.828.250 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002100 | ||||||
| Scope note: | General ill health, malnutrition, and weight loss, usually associated with chronic disease. |
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| Annotation: | WASTING SYNDROME is also available: do not make diagnosis, use words of text |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Related: |
HIV Wasting Syndrome
MeSH Wasting Syndrome MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 2134 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D002100 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2004/07/07 |
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Cachexia
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0003126 |
| Scope note | General ill health, malnutrition, and weight loss, usually associated with chronic disease. |
| Preferred term | Cachexia |
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