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Earl 86/1 had a severe case of  herpes simplex about 7 years ago.  I wonder
if the 2 persons in the control group were the Parkinsons patients.  Have
there been studies where such a link is suspected?  Mary Legan 55/5

In a message dated 10/12/97 4:12:35 AM, you wrote:

<< Tissues obtained post mortem from the
  temporal lobe cortex of persons with Alzheimer disease (n = 17),
Parkinson
  disease (n = 14), or nonneurological disease (n = 17) served as
controls.
  Results: Twenty (40%) of the 50 epilepsy cases and 2 (4%) of the 48
  control cases had at least one sample that tested positive for HSV (P
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