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Pyrogenic Cytokines Did Not Mediate a Stress Interview-Induced Hyperthermic Response in a Patient With Psychogenic Fever: A Case Report
Psychosomatic Medicine, 11/03/09

Oka T et al. – The case report shows that a stress interview actually increased Tc in a patient with psychogenic fever. This study suggests that, although pyrogenic cytokines are not involved, the stress interview–induced increase in Tc was an active hyperthermia under the control of the brain, as is infection–induced fever.

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