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Persistent infection with neurotropic herpes viruses and cognitive impairment.
Psychological medicine - 1 May 2013
Watson A M M, Prasad K M, Klei L, Wood J A, Yolken R H, Gur R C, Bradford L D, Calkins M E, Richard J, Edwards N, Savage R M, Allen T B, Kwentus J, McEvoy J P, Santos A B, Wiener H W, Go R C P, Perry R T, Nasrallah H A, Gur R E, Devlin B, Nimgaonkar V L
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BACKGROUND: Herpes virus infections can cause cognitive impairment during and after acute encephalitis. Although chronic, latent/persistent infection is considered to be relatively benign, some studies have documented cognitive impairment in exposed persons that is untraceable to encephalitis. Th...
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