Chapter 18 - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)»General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)»Cachexia (R64)
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Cachexia
Related indications (MeSH) (2)
Cachexia77 drugs (37 approved, 40 experimental)
General ill health, malnutrition, and weight loss, usually associated with chronic disease.
Wasting Syndrome7 drugs (6 approved, 1 experimental)
A condition of involuntary weight loss of greater then 10% of baseline body weight. It is characterized by atrophy of muscles and depletion of lean body mass. Wasting is a sign of MALNUTRITION as a result of inadequate dietary intake, malabsorption, or hypermetabolism.