Multiple sclerosis in Caucasians and Latino Americans

Autor:	Dora Luz de la Cruz-Aguilera, Lucinda Aguirre-Cruz, Edgar Rangel-López, Teresa Corona, José Flores-Rivera
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Latin Americans Multiple Sclerosis Immunology Population Ethnic group Mongoloid Disease White People Epidemiology medicine Prevalence Immunology and Allergy Humans Genetic Predisposition to Disease education education.field_of_study Traditional medicine business.industry Multiple sclerosis Hispanic or Latino medicine.disease Latin America Age of onset business Demography
Zdroj:	Autoimmunity. 44(7)
ISSN:	1607-842X
Popis:	Epidemiological and genetic studies suggest that the prevalence, median age of onset, and specific phenotypes of multiple sclerosis (MS) are different in Caucasians and Latino Americans. Recent epidemiological studies indicate an increase in MS prevalence in Latin America (LA), where the south–north gradient of latitude described for Nordic countries does not exist. Analysis of MS epidemiological and specific aspects in LA suggests that susceptibility and clinical behavior of the disease are related to mixtures and admixtures of genes in the population. MS is not present in Amerindians with Mongoloid genes, such as occurs in other pure ethnic groups. Surely, future studies will be carried out to obtain more reliable information. In this review, we contrast and analyze the available data of MS in LA and endemic countries.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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