hiv wasting syndrome

  • 1HIV wasting syndrome — wasting s …

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  • 2wasting syndrome — the wasting condition seen in persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), consisting of weight loss, muscle wasting, and often fever, due to a variety of causes including nutritional deficiencies and chronic diarrhea. Called… …

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  • 3wasting disease — any disease marked by wasting (q.v.), such as anorexia cachexia syndrome or HIV wasting syndrome …

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  • 4Wasting — could also mean unefficient and/or uneffective consumption. See waste. In medical circles, wasting refers to the process by which a debilitating disease causes muscle and fat tissue to waste away. Wasting is sometimes referred to as acute… …

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  • 5HIV and AIDS misconceptions — The spread of HIV and AIDS has affected millions of people worldwide; According to the 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update , published by the UNAIDS/World Health Organization, there were an estimated 39.5 million people around the world living with HIV,… …

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  • 6syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …

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  • 7Wasting-Syndrom — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 B22 Sonstige näher bezeichnete Krankheiten infolge HIV Krankheit …

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  • 8WHO Disease Staging System for HIV Infection and Disease in Adults and Adolescents — was first produced in 1990 by the World Health Organization cite journal author=WHO | title=Interim proposal for a WHO Staging System for HIV infection and Disease. | journal=Wkly Epidemiol Rec. | year=1990 | pages=221 224 | volume=65 | issue=29… …

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  • 9HIV-Antikörpertest — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, auch Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (englisch für „erworbenes Immundefektsyndrom“), zumeist abgekürzt als AIDS oder Aids benannt, bezeichnet eine spezifische Kombination von Symptomen, die beim Menschen in …

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  • 10HIV-Infektion — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, auch Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (englisch für „erworbenes Immundefektsyndrom“), zumeist abgekürzt als AIDS oder Aids benannt, bezeichnet eine spezifische Kombination von Symptomen, die beim Menschen in …

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