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ReviewMultiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical

MS in self-identified Hispanic/Latino individuals living in the US.

Lilyana Amezcua, Jorge R Oksenberg, Jacob L McCauley

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Review in Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  9. Race and ethnicity on MS presentation and disease course.Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lilyana AmezcuaDepartment of Neurology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, USA.
Jorge R OksenbergDepartment of Neurology, University of San Francisco School of Medicine, USA.
Jacob L McCauleyDr. John T. Macdonald Department of Human Genetics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, USA.

Funding

Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Multiple Sclerosis in HispanicsR01NS096212 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MCCAULEY, JACOB L · 2016 to 2021
$3.1M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS096212
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-identified Hispanic/Latino individuals living with multiple sclerosis (MS) in the continental United States (US) are a diverse group that represents different cultural and ancestral backgrounds. A marked variability in the way MS affects various subgroups of Hispanics in the US has been observed. We reviewed and synthesized available data about MS in Hispanics in the US. There are likely a host of multifactorial elements contributing to these observations that could be explained by genetic, environmental, and social underpinnings. Barriers to adequate MS care in Hispanics are likely to include delivery of culturally competent care and social and economic disadvantages. Considerable efforts, including the formation of a national consortium known as the Alliance for Research in Hispanic Multiple Sclerosis (ARHMS), are underway to help further explore these various factors.

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clinical presentationepidemiologyLatino/HispanicMultiple sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID28979795
PMCPMC5617095

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