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Does megestrol acetate down-regulate interleukin-6 in cancer-associated anorexia?

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    Aminah Jatoi & Charles L. Loprinzi

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Please find Dr. Mantovani’s letter at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-002-0351-6 and the original article by Jatoi et al. referred to, at http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00520/contents/01/00310/

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Jatoi, A., Loprinzi, C.L. Does megestrol acetate down-regulate interleukin-6 in cancer-associated anorexia?. Support Care Cancer 10, 568 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-002-0352-5

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