Historic evidence to support a causal relationship between spirochetal infections and Alzheimer's disease

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Miklossy, Judith ^a  

^a Alzheimer Research Center Prevention Alzheimer International Foundation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Borrelia burgdorferi; Dementia; General paresis; Oral spirochetes; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum; Treponema spirochetes

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MICROSCOPY; NEUROPIL THREAD; NONHUMAN; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; SENILE PLAQUE; SPIROCHETE; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 84926332182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2015.00046     Document Type: Article

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