Differential Impact of Multiple Sclerosis on Cortical and Deep Gray Matter Structures in African Americans and Caucasian Americans

CONCLUSIONAAwMS and CAwMS patients differ with regard to global and regional cortical thickness and thalamic volume. This diverging pattern of gray matter volumetrics among otherwise matched patients suggests that racial‐specific disease differences may exist.

Source: Journal of Neuroimaging - September 15, 2016 Category: Radiology Authors: Mais Al ‐Kawaz, Elizabeth Monohan, Eric Morris, Jai S. Perumal, Nancy Nealon, Timothy Vartanian, Susan A. Gauthier Tags: Clinical Investigative Study Source Type: research