title: First Regional MS Forum Meeting raises MS awareness and highlights questions. The MS Forum Pan-Asian Conference, 912 October 2003, Bangkok, Thailand.
abstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS) in Asia and the Middle East was the subject of extensive discussion and debate at the first Pan-Asian MS Forum conference, entitled MS Across Continents: Insights from Asia and the Middle East. The first regional MS Forum activity, and the first major gathering of MS experts from these regions for over 30 years, it attracted over 100 specialists to share their experiences on the features, characteristics and management of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Kyoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saida
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy