Herpesviruses in brain and Alzheimer's disease.
It has been established, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), that herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) is present in a high proportion of brains of elderly normal subjects and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. It was subsequently discovered that the virus confers a strong risk of AD when in b...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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