Clinical trials for the treatment of secondary wasting and cachexia
Subtitle: selection of appropriate endpoints : proceedings of a workshop, May 22-23, 1997
By: guest editors, Daniel J. Raiten and John M. Talbot.
Contributors: Raiten, Daniel J.; Talbot, John M.
Series: The Journal of nutrition -- v. 129, no. 1S; Journal of nutrition -- v. 129, no. 1S.
Publisher: American Society for Nutritional Sciences
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Bethesda, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
Subjects: Malnutrition -- Congresses; Cachexis -- Congresses
Table of contents: title: Muscle protein breakdown and the critical role of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in normal and disease states / Stewart H. Lecker, Vered Solomon, William E. Mitch and Alfred L. Goldberg; title: Wasting in HIV infection and AIDS / Derek Macallan; title: Wasting in cancer / Michael John Tisdale; title: Pathophysiology of protein-energy wasting in chronic renal failure / Joel D. Kopple; title: The pathophysiology of wasting in the elderly / Ronenn Roubenoff; title: Special considerations of design of trials with elderly subjects : unexplained weight loss, body composition and energy expenditure / Eric T. Poehlmann; title: Special considerations in the design of trials involving children / Louis E. Underwood; title: Body composition : overview / Gilbert B. Forbes; title: Nutritional and metabolic endpoints / Morey W. Haymond; title: Dimensions of "functional status" in the trials of wasting / Jay P. Shah; title: The impact of AIDS-associated wasting on quality of life : qualitative issues of measurement and evolution / Marcia A. Testa and William R. Lenderking; title: Dietary treatment in secondary wasting and cachexia / Bruce R. Bistrian; title: Perspective on exercise and wasting / Elsworth R. Buskirk; title: Approved pharmacologic interventions for wasting / Marianne Mann.