summary: The authors employed the Multiple Sclerosis Severity Scale, a scale to measure disability in MS based on combining the level of disability with the disease duration, to compare the disease course of African Americans and White Americans in a large population of people with MS in the USA. They found that African Americans tended to progress more rapidly towards a greater level of disability, and suggested that Multiple Sclerosis Severity Scale is a useful tool to compare rates of progression between groups of patients with MS.

authors: Kister I, Chamot E, Bacon JH, Niewczyk PM, De Guzman RA, Apatoff B, Coyle P, Goodman AD, Gottesman M, Granger C, Jubelt B, Krupp L, Lenihan M, Lublin F, Mihai C, Miller A, Munschauer FE 3rd, Perel AB, Teter BE, Weinstock-Guttman B, Zivadinov R, Herbert J.

source: Neurology. 2010 Jul 20;75 (3):217-23.

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