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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144668003321

Titolo

Pyrogens and fever [[electronic resource] /] / edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Joan Birch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Churchill Livingstone, 1971

ISBN

1-280-59065-3

9786613620484

0-470-71980-X

0-470-71745-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia

Altri autori (Persone)

WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)

BirchJoan

Disciplina

616.9

616.926

Soggetti

Pyrogens

Fever

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Ciba Foundation symposium."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

PYROGENS AND FEVER; Contents; Note on terminology; Chairman's opening remarks; Some physiological and clinical aspects of pyrogens; Discussion; Production, chemistry and properties of bacterial pyrogens and endotoxins; Discussion; The significant immunological features of bacterial endotoxins; Discussion; Purification of an endogenous pyrogen, with an appendix on assay methods; Discussion; Role of leucocytes in fever; Discussion; Mechanism of action of pyrogenic and antipyretic steroids in vitro; Discussion; On the mechanism of action of pyrogens; Discussion

Hypothalamic mechanisms of pyrogen action in the cat and monkeyDiscussion; Relevance of experimental observations to pyrexia in clinical situations; Discussion; The mechanism of action of antipyretics; Discussion; Pharmaceutical aspects of pyrogens in hospital and industry; Discussion; The dilemma of quantitation in the test for pyrogens; Discussion; General discussion; Author index; Subject index