Blacks with MS at more visual risk

[MSUK]

Retinal damage and visual impairment appear to impact African Americans diagnosed with multiple sclerosis more than Caucasian Americans, researchers reported here.

In black MS patients who have a history of optical neuritis there was a significant loss of 4.9 letters -- nearly a line of visual acuity -- when compared with white patients [95% CI minus 8.8-minus 1.0; (P=0.016)], reported Dorian Kimbrough, MD, a post-doctoral fellow in neuroimmunology at Johns Hopkins University..... Read More - http://www.ms-uk.org/ethnicgroups