创伤性脑损伤,种族,民族和新诊断的多发性硬化症患者的认知能力
Jemima Akinsanya1, Jessica B Smith2, Annette Langer-Gould3
1Department of Neurology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
|April 5, 2024
概括
创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 并不能解释黑人和西班牙裔多发性硬化症 (MS) 患者的较低认知分数. 系统性种族主义是这些差异的可能原因符号数字模式测试 (SDMT) 的表现.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 调查多发性硬化症 (MS) 跨种族和族群的认知差异.
- 检查创伤性脑损伤 (TBI) 在观察到的符号数字模式测试 (SDMT) 得分差异中的潜在作用.
- 分析MS Sunshine Study (n=1172) 的数据,包括新诊断的MS和对照参与者.
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