The Inflammatory Activity of the Adrenocorticosteroids May Cause Them to Mask

question 22

Multiple Choice

The inflammatory activity of the adrenocorticosteroids may cause them to mask the symptoms of an infection.Adrenocorticosteroids decrease a patient's ability to fight infection by suppression of migration of plasma cells.

• A)Both statements are true.
• B)Both statements are false.
• C)The first statement is true;the second statement is false.
• D)The first statement is false;the second statement is true.

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Tabula Rasa

The theory that individuals are born without built-in mental content and that all knowledge comes from experience or perception.

Inborn Predisposition

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