Hispanic Americans and African Americans with multiple sclerosis have more severe disease course than Caucasian Americans

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1554-1557

  Ventura, Rachel E ^a,b   Antezana, Ariel O ^c   Bacon, Tamar ^a   Kister, Ilya ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Neuromedical Clinic of Central Louisiana   (United States)

^d Barnabas Multiple Sclerosis Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Caucasian; disease severity; ethnicity; Hispanic; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PATIENT DERIVED MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SEVERITY SCORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; GENDER; NEW YORK; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS;

EID: 85030096239     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: 14770970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458516679894     Document Type: Article

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