HSV-1 in brain and risk of Alzheimer's disease

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9112, 1998, Pages 1330-1331

  Beffert, U ^b   Bertrand, P ^b   Champagne, D ^b   Gauthier, S ^b   Poirier, J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre du Medicament URA CNRS 597   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 0032474221     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79057-7     Document Type: Article

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