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. 1971 Sep;217(3):547-56.
doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1971.sp009585.

Fever produced by prostaglandin E1

W Feldberg, P N Saxena

Fever produced by prostaglandin E1

W Feldberg et al. J Physiol. 1971 Sep.

Abstract

Prostaglandin E(1) (PGE(1)) produces a rise in rectal temperature when injected into the cerebral ventricles of unanaesthetized cats, rabbits and rats. An effect is obtained with as little as 20, and sometimes even with 10 ng.

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