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Experimental Neurology

Volume 184, Issue 2, December 2003, Pages 553-555
Experimental Neurology

Commentary
The emerging role of infectious pathogens in neurodegenerative diseases

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Ms. Leslie Crews for her help in editing this manuscript. This work was supported by NIH grants AG18440 and MH9540.

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