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... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Communicable Diseases > Blood-Borne Infections > HIV Infections > HIV Wasting Syndrome
Infections > Communicable Diseases > Blood-Borne Infections > HIV Infections > HIV Wasting Syndrome
... > Infections > Virus Diseases > RNA Virus Infections > Retroviridae Infections > Lentivirus Infections > HIV Infections > HIV Wasting Syndrome
Infections > Virus Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral > HIV Infections > HIV Wasting Syndrome
... > Urogenital Diseases > Genital Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral > HIV Infections > HIV Wasting Syndrome
... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Communicable Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral > HIV Infections > HIV Wasting Syndrome
... > Infections > Communicable Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases > Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral > HIV Infections > HIV Wasting Syndrome
Immune System Diseases > Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes > HIV Infections > HIV Wasting Syndrome
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Nutrition Disorders > Wasting Syndrome > HIV Wasting Syndrome
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Wasting Syndrome > HIV Wasting Syndrome

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HIV Wasting Syndrome  

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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).

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  • AIDS Wasting Syndrome
  • HIV Wasting Disease
  • Slim Disease
  • Wasting Disease, HIV
  • Wasting Syndrome, HIV

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