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WASTING SYNDROME, HIV
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Descriptor
English
:
HIV Wasting Syndrome
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Síndrome de Emaciación por VIH
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Síndrome de Emaciação por Infecção pelo HIV
Synonyms
English
:
AIDS Wasting Syndrome
HIV Wasting Disease
Slim Disease
Wasting Disease, HIV
Wasting Syndrome, HIV
Tree Number:
C02.782.815.616.400.520
C02.800.801.400.520
C18.452.915.520
C18.654.940.520
C20.673.480.520
Definition
English
:
Involuntary
weight loss
of greater than 10 percent associated with intermittent or constant
fever
and chronic
diarrhea
or
fatigue
for more than 30 days in the absence of a defined cause other than
HIV
infection
. A constant feature is major muscle wasting with scattered myofiber degeneration. A variety of etiologies, which vary among
patients
, contributes to this
syndrome
. (From Harrison's Principles of
Internal Medicine
, 13th ed, p1611).
History Note
English
:
97
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
32934
Unique Identifier:
D019247
Occurrence in VHL
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