A potential impact of chronic Helicobacter pylori infection on Alzheimer's disease pathobiology and course

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages e3-

  Kountouras, Jannis ^a   Boziki, Marina ^a   Zavos, Christos ^a   Gavalas, Emmanuel ^a   Giartza Taxidou, Evangelia ^a   Venizelos, Ioannis ^a   Deretzi, Georgia ^a   Grigoriadis, Nikolaos ^a   Tsiaousi, Elena ^a   Vardaka, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT RECEPTOR; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HISTAMINE; HP N PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 8; LYMPHOTOXIN; PROTEIN; TRYPTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MONOCYTE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 84861188157     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.01.003     Document Type: Letter

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