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Hæmolytic Effects of Steroids

Nature volume 201, pages 1134–1135 (1964)Cite this article

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A NUMBER of neutral and acidic steroids produce fever and inflammation in man1. Inflammation probably reflects the cytotoxicity of these compounds, and since hæmolysis is one expression of cellular toxicity, several steroids were investigated for hæmolytic properties in vitro, and their hæmolytic and pyrogenic activities compared.

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  2. Argonne Cancer Research Hospital (Operated by the University of Chicago for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission), Chicago

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PALMER, R. Hæmolytic Effects of Steroids. Nature 201, 1134–1135 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2011134b0

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