Raj N. Kalaria|Gladys E. Maestre|Raúl Arizaga|Robert P. Friedland|Doug Galasko|Kathleen Hall|José A. Luchsinger|Adesola Ogunniyi|Elaine K. Perry|Felix Potocnik|Martin Prince|Robert Stewart|Anders Wimo|Zhen Xin Zhang|Piero Antuono
Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in developing countries: prevalence, management, and risk factors
North Tyneside General Hospital
despite mortality due communicable diseases poverty human conflicts dementia incidence destined increase developing world tandem ageing population current data developing countries suggest ageadjusted dementia prevalence estimates 65 year olds high or5 certain asian latin american countries consistently low 13 india subsaharan africa alzheimers disease accounts 60 whereas vascular dementia accounts approximately 30 prevalence earlyonset familial forms dementia singlegene defects occur latin america asia africa illiteracy remains risk factor dementia apoe epsilon4 allele influence dementia progression subsaharan africans vascular factors hypertension type 2 diabetes likely increase burden dementia use traditional diets medicinal plant extracts might aid prevention treatment dementia costs developing countries estimated us73 billion yearly care demands social protection seems scarce regions