Author Topic: (Abst.) MS mortality by race/ethnicity, age, sex, and time period in US, 1999-2015  (Read 135 times)

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29339633


This article, "Multiple Sclerosis Mortality by Race/Ethnicity, Age, Sex, and Time Period in the United States, 1999-2015," abstracted in PubMed, indicates that  non-Hispanic blacks with MS in the US were far more likely to die at an earlier age than whites.
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SPMS, diagnosed 1980. Avonex 2001-2004. Copaxone 2007-2010. Glatopa (glatiramer acetate 40mg 3 times/week) since 12/16/20.

 

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