Does minimal hippocampal width relate to plasma homocysteine in community-dwelling older people?
Our results indicate that, even in healthy older people, homocysteine may damage the hippocampus. Reducing homocysteine levels in healthy older people may help to prevent Alzheimer's disease.
HHV-6 infection should be considered in infants and young children with respiratory failure or meningo-encephalitis without clear causative agent or failure to respond to empirical treatment. A thorough immunologic workup and early start with antiviral therapy in any patient with a life-threatening course of HHV-6 infection is mandatory, because a severe HHV-6 infection can be the first indication of a primary immunodeficiency.