Neurotropic viruses and Alzheimer's disease: a search for varicella zoster virus DNA by the polymerase chain reaction.
BACKGROUND: In studies on the possible role of viruses in the aetiopathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) DNA was detected by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a high proportion of normal elderly people and of patients with Alzheimer's disease. The com...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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1997
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