ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 1635 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
George Stojan1, Laurence S Magder2,3 and Michelle Petri4, 1Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2Epidemiology and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 3Epidemiology and Public health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 4Medicine (Rheumatology), Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, MD, USA, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Cachexia is a syndrome that may accompany a range of diseases, including cancer, chronic heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. It…