Gender Gap in Autoimmunity.
In 1999, this report from Caroline Whitacre and her fellow members of the Task Force on Gender, Multiple Sclerosis, and Autoimmunity explained what was known at that time about gender differences in autoimmunity and identified areas for future research.
Some of the issues identified in relation to gender and MS include:
- MS is more common in women, but severity of the disease may be worse in men.
- The prevalence of MS and ratio of women to men has increased during the...
