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ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2021

Alzheimer's Disease Diagnostics Must Be Globally Accessible.

Nicholas Clute-Reinig, Suman Jayadev, Kristoffer Rhoads, Anne-Laure Le Ny

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Article in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nicholas Clute-ReinigGlobal Health Labs, Bellevue, WA, USA.
Suman JayadevAlzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kristoffer RhoadsAlzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Anne-Laure Le NyGlobal Health Labs, Bellevue, WA, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are global health crises, with most affected individuals living in low- or middle-income countries. While research into diagnostics and therapeutics remains focused exclusively on high-income populations, recent technological breakthroughs suggest that low-cost AD diagnostics may soon be possible. However, as this disease shifts onto those with the least financial and structural ability to shoulder its burden, it is incumbent on high-income countries to develop accessible AD healthcare. We argue that there is a scientific and ethical mandate to develop low-cost diagnostics that will not only benefit patients in low-and middle-income countries but the AD field as a whole.

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Cooperative BehaviorGlobal HealthHealthcare DisparitiesSocioeconomic FactorsAlzheimer DiseaseDementiaDeveloping CountriesHealth Services AccessibilityHumansAlzheimer’s disease diagnosticsdementiadeveloping countriesglobal healthhealthcare disparitieshealth equityneurological diagnostic techniques

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PMID34690142
PMCPMC8764591

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