Controversies across continents. Report from the MS Forum Symposium, September 2002, Baltimore, USA.
The personal views of speakers from North America and Europe concerning the diagnosis and management of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) were presented at an MS Forum symposium before ACTRIM/ECTRIMS Meeting in Baltimore, USA. There were more areas of agreement than controversy and the overall impression was that MS is managed similarly across the continents. Four topics were discussed: diagnosing the clinically isolated syndrome; guidelines for using disease-modifying therapy; people who fail to respond to disease-modifying treatment; and treating the patient with rapid deterioration to disability.
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D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000628:therapy*; D009656:North America; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'