Unknown Fever
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تب پاسخی پیچیده، خودمختار، عصبی و هماهنگ شده است و تقریبا در تمامی حیوانات مهره دار بخشی از واکنش سیستم ایمنی در مراحل حاد به شمار می رود. اگرچه تب در نتیجه عوامل عفونت زا و یا در بیماریهای التهابی غیر عفونی بروز می نماید، معمولا ظهورش مستقل از عامل بوجود آورنده آن رخ می دهد
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volume 7 issue 2
pages 63- 67
publication date 1997-11
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