Herpes simplex virus type 1 in brain and risk of Alzheimer's disease.

BACKGROUND: The apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 (APOE-epsilon 4) allele is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but it is neither essential nor sufficient for development of the disease. Other factors-genetic or environmental-must therefore have a role. By means of a PCR we have detected herp...

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Main Authors: Itzhaki, R, Lin, W, Shang, D, Wilcock, G, Faragher, B, Jamieson, G
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1997