Fever differs from hyperthermia how?

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Fever is a regulated rise in set point due to pyrogens; hyperthermia is an uncontrolled rise without a change in the hypothalamic set point Fever is a dehydration-related rise in temperature Hyperthermia involves a change in the hypothalamic set point Fever and hyperthermia are the same phenomenon

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Fever is a regulated rise in set point due to pyrogens; hyperthermia is an uncontrolled rise without a change in the hypothalamic set point

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