Cytokine-mediated alterations in host me
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N. Joseph Espat; Lyle L. Moldawer; Edward M. Copeland III
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Article
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1995
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The clinical syndrome of cachexia is characterized by anorexia, continued losses of lean body mass, and altered carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. As early as the 1930s, this "chronic wasting" syndrome had been identified as the most frequent immediate cause of death in patients with cancer [Warren: