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RE: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS): A day without the Muscles.

in #steemstem • 5 years ago

Interesting and well-written article. I am not sure I've come across ALS before now. Is this peculiar to a particular race? It would be interesting to see a pattern of distribution of the disease globally if that will not be too much to ask for.

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     5 years ago 

    No, it isn't race specific, however some races are more vulnerable particularly the Caucasians, but it is not limited to this race only. I'll try and get a sketch of the global distribution surely it wouldn't be so hard to find.

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      Here's an extract from a research to determine the Racial and Ethnic Differences across Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Cases from Three State and Eight Metropolitan Area Surveillance Projects.

      A total of 5912 cases were reported; 74.6% of cases reported were White (n=4411), 9.3% were African-American (n=547) and 3.6% (n=212) were Asian. Of the reported cases 10.8% (n=638) were of Hispanic origin while 77.2% were not Hispanic.

      More details can be found here,

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