The role of ethnicity and native-country income in multiple sclerosis: the Italian multicentre study (MS-MigIT).
Alessia BianchiDomenica MatrangaFrancesco PattiLaura ManiscalcoSilvy PilottoMassimiliano Di FilippoMauro ZaffaroniPietro AnnovazziAntonio BertolottoClaudio GasperiniEsmeralda QuartuccioDiego CentonzeRoberta FantozziAlberto GajofattoFrancesca GobbinDoriana LandiFranco GranellaMaria BuccafuscaGirolama Alessandra MarfiaClara ChisariPaola NaldiRoberto BergamaschiGiacomo GrecoIgnazio Roberto ZarboVincenzo RizzoMonica UlivelliDaiana BezziniLucia FlorioMichelangelo TurazziniMaria Di GregorioMaura PugliattiGiuseppe SalemiPaolo Ragonesenull nullPublished in: Journal of neurology (2024)
Our results suggested that both ethnicity and socio-economic status of native country shape MS presentation and course and should be considered for an appropriate management of patients. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study reporting on the impact of ethnicity in MS at an individual level and beyond an ecological population-perspective.