• EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND GENETICS ASPECTS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN LATIN AMERICA

    T. Corona
    National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery – Mexico City, Mexico

    Epidemiological and genetic studies suggest that the prevalence, median age of onset, and specific phenotypes of MS are different in Caucasians and Latino Americans. Recent epidemiological studies indicate an increase in MS prevalence in LA, where the south–north gradient of latitude described for Nordic countries does not exist.