Herpes simplex virus infections and Alzheimer's disease: Implications for drug treatment and immunotherapy

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-198

  Leissring, Malcolm A ^a   Sugarman, Michael C ^a   LaFerla, Frank M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; HERPES VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY;

EID: 0031659767     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199813030-00002     Document Type: Article

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