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Published on: August 25, 2012
Psychogenic fever, functional fever, or psychogenic hyperthermia?
1Neurobiology; GELIFES, Groningen University; Groningen, The Netherlands; Yale University School of Medicine; New Haven, CT USA; Science Faculty; Utrecht University; Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Psychogenic fever reflects a phenomenon where core body temperature is high (up to 41°C) or low-grade high (37-38°C) during either acute or chronic stress. Underlying mechanisms are distinct from infection-induced fever and involve the central and sympathetic nervous systems. Psychogenic fever appears a complex psychological, physiological and endocrinological phenomenon.
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