Lilyana Amezcua
Program Director, Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship
Director, Keck Huntington Beach Multiple Sclerosis Infusion Program
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Promoting Physical Activity in a Spanish-Speaking Latina Population of Low Socioeconomic Status With Chronic Neurological Disorders: Proof-of-Concept Study JMIR Form Res. 2022 Apr 20; 6(4):e34312. . View in PubMed
The impact of socioeconomic status on mental health and health-seeking behavior across race and ethnicity in a large multiple sclerosis cohort Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2022 Feb; 58:103451. . View in PubMed
Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Characterizes Multiple Sclerosis Rather Than Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease J Neuroophthalmol. 2022 06 01; 42(2):239-245. . View in PubMed
Consensus Curriculum for Fellowship Training in Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology Neurol Clin Pract. 2021 Aug; 11(4):352-357. . View in PubMed
Perceptions and Preferences Regarding Multiple Sclerosis Research Among Racial and Ethnic Groups Int J MS Care. 2021 Jul-Aug; 23(4):170-177. . View in PubMed
Hypertension and hypertension severity in Hispanics/Latinx with MS Mult Scler. 2021 10; 27(12):1894-1901. . View in PubMed
Clinical and MRI characteristics of multiple sclerosis in patients of Middle Eastern and North African ancestry residing in Ontario, Canada Mult Scler. 2021 06; 27(7):1027-1036. . View in PubMed
Expanded access to multiple sclerosis teleneurology care following the COVID-19 pandemic Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2021 Jan-Mar; 7(1):2055217321997467. . View in PubMed
Effectiveness of film as a health communication tool to improve perceptions and attitudes in multiple sclerosis Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2021 Jan-Mar; 7(1):2055217321995947. . View in PubMed
Health Disparities, Inequities, and Social Determinants of Health in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders in the US: A Review JAMA Neurol. 2021 12 01; 78(12):1515-1524. . View in PubMed
Real-World Safety and Effectiveness of Dimethyl Fumarate in Hispanic or Latino Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: 3-Year Results from ESTEEM Neurol Ther. 2020 Dec; 9(2):495-504. . View in PubMed
Real-World Safety and Effectiveness of Dimethyl Fumarate in Black or African American Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: 3-Year Results from ESTEEM Neurol Ther. 2020 Dec; 9(2):483-493. . View in PubMed
The genetic diversity of multiple sclerosis risk among Hispanic and African American populations living in the United States Mult Scler. 2020 10; 26(11):1329-1339. . View in PubMed
Race and ethnicity on MS presentation and disease course Mult Scler. 2020 04; 26(5):561-567. . View in PubMed
Race, ethnicity, and cognition in persons newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis Neurology. 2020 04 07; 94(14):e1548-e1556. . View in PubMed
Efficacy and Safety of Alemtuzumab in Patients of African Descent with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis: 8-Year Follow-up of CARE-MS I and II (TOPAZ Study) Neurol Ther. 2019 Dec; 8(2):367-381. . View in PubMed
Women's Health: Contemporary Management of MS in Pregnancy and Post-Partum Biomedicines. 2019 Apr 19; 7(2). . View in PubMed
Collaborative International Research in Clinical and Longitudinal Experience Study in NMOSD Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2019 09; 6(5):e583. . View in PubMed
Signal Hyperintensity on Unenhanced T1-Weighted Brain and Cervical Spinal Cord MR Images after Multiple Doses of Linear Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2019 08; 40(8):1274-1281. . View in PubMed
Rituximab during pregnancy in neuromyelitis optica: A case report Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2019 03; 6(2):e542. . View in PubMed
Native ancestry is associated with optic neuritis and age of onset in hispanics with multiple sclerosis Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2018 Nov; 5(11):1362-1371. . View in PubMed
Vitamin D and disability in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in patients with a Mexican background Acta Neurol Belg. 2018 Mar; 118(1):47-52. . View in PubMed
Ethnic Considerations and Multiple Sclerosis Disease Variability in the United States Neurol Clin. 2018 Feb; 36(1):151-162. . View in PubMed
Multiple Sclerosis Mortality by Race/Ethnicity, Age, Sex, and Time Period in the United States, 1999-2015 Neuroepidemiology. 2018; 50(1-2):35-40. . View in PubMed
Ethical Considerations of Patient-Funded Research for Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics Neurotherapeutics. 2017 Oct; 14(4):945-951. . View in PubMed
Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, and multiple sclerosis susceptibility: A multiethnic study Neurology. 2017 Sep 26; 89(13):1330-1337. . View in PubMed
FOD Restoration for Enhanced Mapping of White Matter Lesion Connectivity Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2017 Sep; 10433:584-592. . View in PubMed
MS in self-identified Hispanic/Latino individuals living in the US Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2017 Jul-Sep; 3(3):2055217317725103. . View in PubMed
Perceptions of Multiple Sclerosis in Hispanic Americans: Need for Targeted Messaging Int J MS Care. 2017 May-Jun; 19(3):131-139. . View in PubMed
Adrenocorticotropic hormone versus methylprednisolone added to interferon ß in patients with multiple sclerosis experiencing breakthrough disease: a randomized, rater-blinded trial Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2017 Jan; 10(1):3-17. . View in PubMed
Headaches in multiple sclerosis: Cross-sectional study of a multiethnic population Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2016 Apr; 143:71-5. . View in PubMed
Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric-Onset and Adult-Onset Multiple Sclerosis in Hispanic Americans J Child Neurol. 2016 07; 31(8):1068-73. . View in PubMed
Design and development of an ethnically-diverse imaging informatics-based eFolder system for multiple sclerosis patients Comput Med Imaging Graph. 2015 Dec; 46 Pt 2:257-68. . View in PubMed
Multiple sclerosis: review of eye movement disorders and update of disease-modifying therapies Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2015 Nov; 26(6):534-9. . View in PubMed
Multiple sclerosis in US minority populations: Clinical practice insights Neurol Clin Pract. 2015 Apr; 5(2):132-142. . View in PubMed
Pregnancy and fetal outcomes following natalizumab exposure in pregnancyA prospective, controlled observational study. Mult Scler. 2015 Feb; 21(2):198-205. . View in PubMed
Blood-brain barrier breakdown in the aging human hippocampus Neuron. 2015 Jan 21; 85(2):296-302. . View in PubMed
Place of birth,age of immigration,and disability in Hispanics with multiple sclerosis Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2015 Jan; 4(1):25-30. . View in PubMed
Spinal cord lesions and disability in Hispanics with multiple sclerosis J Neurol. 2013 Nov; 260(11):2770-6. . View in PubMed
Prevalence of neurobehavioral, social, and emotional dysfunction in patients treated for childhood craniopharyngioma: a systematic literature review PLoS One. 2013; 8(11):e76562. . View in PubMed
Vitamin D levels in Hispanics with multiple sclerosis J Neurol. 2012 Dec; 259(12):2565-70. . View in PubMed
Multiple sclerosis in Hispanics: a study of clinical disease expression Mult Scler. 2011 Aug; 17(8):1010-6. . View in PubMed
Compressive neuropathies complicating normal childbirth: case report and literature review Birth. 2007 Jun; 34(2):173-5. . View in PubMed