The Development of Fever

question 54

Multiple Choice

The development of fever

• A) results from resetting of the medullary thermoregulatory center.
• B) may develop when mast cells release pyrogens.
• C) is mediated by prostaglandins.
• D) both (a) and (b) above.
• E) all of these answers.

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