Association of Herpes Viral Infections, Antiherpetic Therapy, and Dementia: Real or Alternative Fact?

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Mechanisms and therapeutic potential of interactions between human amyloids and viruses.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2021
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2. Herpes Infections and Dementia: Rebutting Alternative Fact.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2019
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3. Herpes Viruses, Alzheimer's Disease, and Related Dementias: Unifying or Confusing Hypothesis?Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2019
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Corrections and comments

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  Herpes Infections and Dementia: Rebutting Alternative Fact.2019
• Comment on
  Anti-herpetic Medications and Reduced Risk of Dementia in Patients with Herpes Simplex Virus Infections-a Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan.2018

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Funding

Abstract

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