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The association of herpes simplex virus and Alzheimer's disease: a potential synthesis of genetic and environmental factors.
Herpes : the journal of the IHMF - 1 Nov 2001
Pyles R B
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The chronic and sporadic nature of Alzheimer's disease (AD), in which the majority of presenting cases are over 65 years of age, suggests that compounded injury or long-term exposure to environmental factors is involved in the aetiology, rather than inherited genetic alterations. Great hope has been placed on identifying a causative infectious agent that would present the potential for therapeutic or preventative...
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