Preferred Label : HIV Wasting Syndrome;
MeSH definition : 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).;
MeSH synonym : wasting syndrome, hiv; hiv wasting disease; aids wasting syndrome; slim disease; wasting syndrome, aids; wasting disease, hiv;
Origin ID : D019247;
UMLS CUI : C0343755;
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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).
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HIV Wasting Syndrome
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