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Revista Cubana de Pediatría

Print version ISSN 0034-7531On-line version ISSN 1561-3119

Abstract

ALPIZAR CABALLERO, Lourdes B.  and  MEDINA HERRERA, Esther E.. La fiebre: Conceptos básicos. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 1998, vol.70, n.2, pp.79-83. ISSN 0034-7531.

A review concerning fever as a disease manifestation in made. It is stressed the importance of the hypothalamus in the control of body tempearture, as well as the different ways to measure it, for which normative or reference values are proposed for our enviroment. The main causes of fever and hyperthermia at pediatric age and the differences existing between these two states are explained.

Keywords : FEVER [etiology]; BODY TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS.

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