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inflammatory response [2 records]

Record 1 1996-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
CONT

Allergic reactions are cued by the overzealous response of the body's primordial defense against invasion, the inflammatory reaction.

CONT

... the cow's immune system reacts to a bite with an inflammatory response that makes it impossible for the parasites to get a blood meal.

CONT

Both the immune system and the inflammatory response are orchestrated primarily by circadian rhythms in the release and action of glucocorticoids, steroid hormones made in the adrenal gland. ... Cortisol concentration in the blood is highest in the morning, around five or six o'clock; as expected, the inflammatory reaction is weakest at that time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
CONT

Une réaction inflammatoire plus marquée ou une pupille paresseuse trop rétrécie conduisent à augmenter le nombre d'instillations et à associer l'homatropine à 1 % d'action beaucoup plus courte et plus vite réversible que celle de l'atropine.

Spanish

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