Comparisons of latinos, African Americans, and Caucasians with multiple sclerosis

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 451-457

  Buchanan, Robert J ^a   Zuniga, Miguel A ^b   Carrillo Zuniga, Genny ^b   Chakravorty, Bonnie J ^c   Tyry, Tuula ^d   Moreau, Rachel L ^e   Huang, Chunfeng ^f   Vollmer, Timothy ^g  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Demographics; Latinos; Multiple sclerosis; Symptoms; Treatments

Indexed keywords

BETA1A INTERFERON; GLATIRAMER; INTERFERON BETA SERINE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COORDINATION DISORDER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REHABILITATION CARE; SPASTICITY; TREMOR; VISUAL DISORDER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; PILOT STUDY; REGISTER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABLED PERSONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952688670     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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