title: Advancing Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, treatment, and care: recommendations from the Ware Invitational Summit.
abstract: To address the pending public health crisis due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related neurodegenerative disorders, the Marian S. Ware Alzheimer Program at the University of Pennsylvania held a meeting entitled "State of the Science Conference on the Advancement of Alzheimer's Diagnosis, Treatment and Care," on June 21-22, 2012. The meeting comprised four workgroups focusing on Biomarkers; Clinical Care and Health Services Research; Drug Development; and Health Economics, Policy, and Ethics. The workgroups shared, discussed, and compiled an integrated set of priorities, recommendations, and action plans, which are presented in this article.
authors.affiliation: Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. naylor@nursing.upenn.edu
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mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014481:United States