Cytomegalovirus: An improbable cause of Alzheimer disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 209, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 972-973

  Itzhaki, Ruth F ^a   Klapper, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84895748002     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit665     Document Type: Letter

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