Department of Cognitive Neurology, Instituto de Investigaciones Neurológicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2012 Jul;12(7):777-9. doi: 10.1586/ern.12.57.
The Pan American Congress of Neurology was organized by the Bolivian Society of Neurology on behalf of the World Federation of Neurology in La Paz, Bolivia. Aging and dementia was one of the main congress tracks that has been highlighted in recent Latin American research in the field, focusing specifically on epidemiological studies, the economic cost of dementia and new Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers. A 4-year follow-up study of AD biomarkers was discussed and a survey was conducted in Argentina on the opinion of the general population in relation to the clinical use of these biomarkers, and early diagnosis criteria of AD were presented. In parallel, a newly developed Neurology International Conference for Primary Care was run that was designed for the education of more than 350 general practitioners from all the regions of Bolivia.
泛美神经病学大会由玻利维亚神经病学会代表世界神经病学联合会在玻利维亚拉巴斯组织召开。老龄化和痴呆是该领域拉丁美洲近期研究的重点之一，主要关注流行病学研究、痴呆的经济成本和新的阿尔茨海默病（AD）生物标志物。会议讨论了一项为期 4 年的 AD 生物标志物随访研究，并在阿根廷就这些生物标志物的临床应用进行了一项针对普通民众意见的调查，还介绍了 AD 的早期诊断标准。与此同时，还开办了一个新的初级保健国际神经病学会议，为玻利维亚所有地区的 350 多名全科医生提供教育。
