Iran to host tenth Internation-Iranian MS congress

The 10th International Iranian MS Congress & 1st International Iranian Congress on Devic Syndrome will be held in Iran's Central province of Isfahan on October 23-25. Secretary of the Congress Masoud Etemadifar Saturday voice the preparedness of Isfahan to host the event, saying that the latest researches on MS will be presented during the congress.    Etemadifar pointed out that the distinctive point of the meeting compared to the previous ones is the large number of foreign participants, the Islamic republic news agency reported. He added that 50 guests from the US, Canada, Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Syria, Argentine, Oman and Tunisia are due to participate in the congress. He noted that 12 of the presentations would be delivered 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.