Antipyretic Therapy
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Personal Practice Antipyretic Therapy
Fever is among the most common manifestations of disease and antipyresis is one of the most usual therapeutic intervention undertaken. A variety of microbial products including endotoxins and exotoxins are recognized as exogenous pyrogens which induce host cells to produce mediators known as endogenous pyrogens. The best studied endogenous pyrogen is interleukin 1, others include tumor necrosis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.160.4.449