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Herpes simplex virus type 1 and Alzheimer’s disease: increasing evidence for a major role of the virus
Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1), when present in brain of carriers of the type 4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene (APOE), has been implicated as a major factor in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It is proposed that virus is normally latent in many elderly brains but reactivates periodically (as in t...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4128394/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25157230 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00202 |