Fever: How may circulating pyrogens signal the brain?

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Blatteis, Clark M ^a   Sehic, Elmir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0013640871     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1997.12.1.1     Document Type: Article

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