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The prostaglandin E1-induced fever was neither potentiated nor attenuated at all levels of the ambient temperatures (2, 22 and 32°C) studied after pretreatment of the conscious rabbits with p-chlorophenylalanine, when compared to the untreated control.
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This work was supported by grants from National Science Council of Republic of China and John B. Pierce Foundation (New Haven, USA). The author is grateful to Drs J. D. Hardy, J. T. Stitt and C. Y. Chai for their advice.
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Lin, M.T. Prostaglandin E1-induced fever in rabbits pretreated with p-chlorophenylalanine. Experientia 34, 59–60 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01921901
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