Alzheimer's disease and infection: Do infectious agents contribute to progression of Alzheimer's disease?

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-84

  Itzhaki, Ruth F ^a   Wozniak, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; TAU PROTEIN; THIOFLAVINE; VIRUS DNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73249144348     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.07.136     Document Type: Letter

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