UPI: MS progresses more rapidly in blacks

Release Date: February 9, 2010 This content is archived.

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An article distributed by UPI reports a study by UB researchers has shown that fewer African Americans develop multiple sclerosis than whites, but their disease progresses more rapidly, and quotes Bianca Weinstock-Guttman, director of the Baird Multiple Sclerosis Center.

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