Physiological Rationale for Suppression of Fever
Open Access
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 31 (Supplement) , S185-S189
- https://doi.org/10.1086/317511
Abstract
Two critical assumptions are made when prescribing antipyretic therapy. One is that fever is, at least in part, noxious, and the other is that suppreKeywords
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