The role of viruses and of APOE in dementia

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1019, Issue , 2004, Pages 15-18

  Itzhaki, R F ^a   Dobson, C B ^a   Shipley, S J ^a   Wozniak, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease (AD); APOE; Brain; DNA; Herpes simples virus type 1 (HSV1); Virus

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; VIRUS DNA;

ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE FUNCTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 3242725909     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1297.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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