Herpes zoster and Alzheimer's disease

Shih-Wei Lai^{1

2}, Yu-Hung Kuo³, Kuan-Fu Liao^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
² Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
³ Department of Research, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. kuanfuliaog@gmail.com.
⁵ Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, No.66, Sec. 1, Fongsing Road, Tanzi District, Taichung, 427, Taiwan. kuanfuliaog@gmail.com.

Comment

Shih-Wei Lai et al. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2022 Aug.

. 2022 Aug;272(5):923.

doi: 10.1007/s00406-021-01311-6. Epub 2021 Jul 23.

Shih-Wei Lai^{1

2}, Yu-Hung Kuo³, Kuan-Fu Liao^{4

5}

¹ Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
² Department of Family Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
³ Department of Research, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. kuanfuliaog@gmail.com.
⁵ Division of Hepatogastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, No.66, Sec. 1, Fongsing Road, Tanzi District, Taichung, 427, Taiwan. kuanfuliaog@gmail.com.

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Comment on

Association of herpes zoster with dementia and effect of antiviral therapy on dementia: a population-based cohort study.
Bae S, Yun SC, Kim MC, Yoon W, Lim JS, Lee SO, Choi SH, Kim YS, Woo JH, Kim SY, Kim SH. Bae S, et al. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2021 Aug;271(5):987-997. doi: 10.1007/s00406-020-01157-4. Epub 2020 Jul 1. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2021. PMID: 32613564

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