Unexplained Sudden Amnesia, Postencephalitic Parkinson Disease, Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis, and Alzheimer Disease: Does Viral Synergy Produce Neurofibrillary Tangles?
- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology
- Vol. 60 (4) , 641-642
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.60.4.641
Abstract
The comprehensive and intriguing report of 2 rare cases of sudden amnesia occurring as a result of some unrecognized pathophysiological process1 may offer further tantalizing evidence that a smoldering viral encephalitis with a predilection for mesial temporal lobes, perhaps reflecting synergistic interaction between influenza virus and herpes simplex virus type 1, could eventuate in Alzheimer disease.Keywords
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