| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 758 pages) : color illustrations |
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Anatomy, Historical Perspective and Epidemiology -- Biochemistry, Physiology and "Clinics" of Adipose Tissue -- Assessment of Nutritional Status -- The Different Features of Wasting in Humans -- Pathophysiology of Wasting/Cachexia -- Medical Causes of Wasting/Cachexia -- Cachexia and Ageing -- Cachexia and HIV Infection/AIDS -- Cancer-Related Cachexia -- Treatment of Cancer Cachexia -- Treatment of Cachexia in the Elderly -- A Global Perspective for the Treatment of Cachexia |
| Summary |
Cachexia may well represent the flip side of the tremendous achievements of modern medicine. Many diseases rapidly leading patients to death just a few years ago, are now better controlled by new therapies, and even if we cannot cure and eradicate them, their natural history has significantly increased by months and years. Although these new therapeutic strategies represent a remarkable advantage over the standards of care, it is impossible to ignore that many more patients are now facing the nutritional consequences of prolonged immunological and metabolic challenges deriving from ongoing dis |
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geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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geriatrie |
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geriatrics |
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infectieziekten |
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infectious diseases |
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stofwisselingsstoornissen |
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metabolic disorders |
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oncologie |
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oncology |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Cachexia.
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Cachexia
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Wasting Syndrome
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Cachexia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mantovani, Giovanni
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| ISBN |
9788847005525 |
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8847005523 |
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8847004713 |
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9788847004719 |
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