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Clinical Expression of Multiple Sclerosis in Hispanic Whites of Primarily Caribbean Ancestry.
Neuroepidemiology - 1 Jan 2015
Hadjixenofontos Athena, Beecham Ashley H, Manrique Clara P, Pericak-Vance Margaret A, Tornes Leticia, Ortega Melissa, Rammohan Kottil W, McCauley Jacob L, Delgado Sylvia R
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OBJECTIVE: The clinical characteristics of multiple sclerosis (MS) are not well defined in Hispanic populations. We hypothesized that disease presentation in Hispanic white (HW) patients will be different from non-Hispanic white (NHW) patients given their ancestral background and reported lower disease prevalence. This study was undertaken to compare HW of primarily Caribbean ancestry to NHW on clinical...
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