Advancing Alzheimer's disease diagnosis, treatment, and care: recommendations from the Ware Invitational Summit
Mary D Naylor, Jason H Karlawish, Steven E Arnold, Ara S Khachaturian, Zaven S Khachaturian, Virginia M-Y Lee, Matthew Baumgart, Sube Banerjee, Cornelia Beck, Kaj Blennow, Ron Brookmeyer, Kurt R Brunden, Kathleen C Buckwalter, Meryl Comer, Kenneth Covinsky, Lynn Friss Feinberg, Giovanni Frisoni, Colin Green, Renato Maia Guimaraes, Lisa P Gwyther, Franz F Hefti, Michael Hutton, Claudia Kawas, David M Kent, Lewis Kuller, Kenneth M Langa, Robert W Mahley, Katie Maslow, Colin L Masters, Diane E Meier, Peter J Neumann, Steven M Paul, Ronald C Petersen, Mark A Sager, Mary Sano, Dale Schenk, Holly Soares, Reisa A Sperling, Sidney M Stahl, Vivianna van Deerlin, Yaakov Stern, David Weir, David A Wolk, John Q Trojanowski, Mary D Naylor, Jason H Karlawish, Steven E Arnold, Ara S Khachaturian, Zaven S Khachaturian, Virginia M-Y Lee, Matthew Baumgart, Sube Banerjee, Cornelia Beck, Kaj Blennow, Ron Brookmeyer, Kurt R Brunden, Kathleen C Buckwalter, Meryl Comer, Kenneth Covinsky, Lynn Friss Feinberg, Giovanni Frisoni, Colin Green, Renato Maia Guimaraes, Lisa P Gwyther, Franz F Hefti, Michael Hutton, Claudia Kawas, David M Kent, Lewis Kuller, Kenneth M Langa, Robert W Mahley, Katie Maslow, Colin L Masters, Diane E Meier, Peter J Neumann, Steven M Paul, Ronald C Petersen, Mark A Sager, Mary Sano, Dale Schenk, Holly Soares, Reisa A Sperling, Sidney M Stahl, Vivianna van Deerlin, Yaakov Stern, David Weir, David A Wolk, John Q Trojanowski
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.
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