title: Controversies across continents. Report from the MS Forum Symposium, September 2002, Baltimore, USA.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ebers
mesh_terms: 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'