Pyrogens and fever / / edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Joan Birch
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| Titolo: |
Pyrogens and fever / / edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Joan Birch
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| Pubblicazione: | Edinburgh, : Churchill Livingstone, 1971 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.9/26/014 |
| Soggetto topico: | Pyrogens |
| Fever | |
| Altri autori: |
WolstenholmeG. E. W (Gordon Ethelbert Ward)
BirchJoan
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| 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Pyrogens and fever |
| ISBN: | 9786613620484 |
| 9781280590658 | |
| 1280590653 | |
| 9780470719800 | |
| 047071980X | |
| 9780470717455 | |
| 0470717459 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9911019396403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Novartis Foundation Symposia