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  • MS may progresses faster in African-American patients

    Posted by MS News Today Moderator on May 1, 2018 at 7:10 am

    New research reports show that Multiple Sclerosis in African-Americans progresses much faster than in Caucasian patients, suggesting that African-Americans would benefit from a more aggressive treatment approach. Mounting evidence points to MS progressing more quickly in Africans-Americans — marked by greater inflammatory disease activity and faster disability accumulation — than whites in the U.S.

    Read more about this: #AAN2018 – MS Progresses Quickly in African-Americans and May Warrant Aggressive Treatment

    Did you know about this? What are your thoughts on it?

    ed-tobias replied 7 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • ed-tobias

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    May 1, 2018 at 10:22 am

    I’m going to point this out to a friend of mine.

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