HEAT EXCHANGE DISORDERS
Keywords:
Temperature homeostasis; fever; cytokines; febrile convulsions.Abstract
The ability to have a body temperature that is independent of environmental temperature is evolutionary acquisition. Thanks to him, organisms can control the intensity of metabolism to increase body temperature. Homoiothermic animals can maintain an optimum body temperature via the heat transfer into the environment.
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