Isfahan To Host 10th Intl. Iranian MS Congress

Isfahan, Oct 20, IRNA – The 10th International Iranian MS Congress & 1st International Iranian Congress on Devic Syndrome will be held in Isfahan from October 23-25. Secretary of the Congress, Masood Etemadifar, told reporters on Saturday that in the meeting, latest research on MS will be presented. Etemadifar said the distinctive point of the meeting compared to the previous ones is the large number of foreign participants. He added that 50 guests would be from the US, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Syria, Argentine, Oman and Tunisia. He noted that 12 of the presentations would be by foreign guests. He put the number of articles sent to the secretariat of the meeting at 205 and said 190 of the total have been chosen – 26 to be in the form of speeches and 164 in the poster form. Isfahan is an important MS region with more than 3000 patients which plays a key role in research and treatment of multiple sclerosis in Iran./end