Higher IgG index found in African Americans versus Caucasians with multiple sclerosis
- 3 July 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 69 (1) , 68-72
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000265057.79843.d9
Abstract
Background: African Americans (AAs) experience greater disability from multiple sclerosis (MS) compared with Caucasian Americans (CAs). Interethnic immunologic differences in MS and their relationship to disease-related disability have not been described.Keywords
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