Mortality in neuromyelitis optica is strongly associated with African ancestry

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology (M.A.M., R.A.K., L.T., M.L.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; the Department of Neurology (Z.R., A.R., I.K.), New York University; and the University of Alabama (G.C.), Birmingham, AL.

Maureen A Mealy et al. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2018.

. 2018 Jun 7;5(4):e468.

doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000468. eCollection 2018 Jul.

¹ Department of Neurology (M.A.M., R.A.K., L.T., M.L.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; the Department of Neurology (Z.R., A.R., I.K.), New York University; and the University of Alabama (G.C.), Birmingham, AL.

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