Endogenous antipyretics

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 371, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 13-24

  Roth, Joachim ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antipyresis; Cytokines; Eicosanoids; Fever; Glucocorticoids; Melanocyte stimulating hormones; Melatonin; Nitric oxide; Sex steroids; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; ICOSANOID; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERMEDIN; MIFEPRISTONE; MURAMYL DIPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; PYROGEN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SEX HORMONE; STEROID HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEVER; HUMAN; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; TERM BIRTH; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CYTOKINES; FEVER; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PYROGENS; STEROIDS;

EID: 33746745954     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2006.02.013     Document Type: Review

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