janet,
I sent the following
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Subj:   (no subject)
Date:   8/29/99
To: [log in to unmask]

GETPOST PARKINSN 10094251
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& got the following reply
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Subj:         Re: (no subject)
Date:   8/29/99 10:44:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From:   [log in to unmask] (L-Soft list server at UofT (1.8d))
To: [log in to unmask] (Bonnie Rowley)

> GETPOST PARKINSN 10094251
Invalid reference number - "10094251".

No posting selected - nothing to send.
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Can you send me the article to which he refers.
If I ever received it, It must have gotten lost during all my pc troubles.
Thanks
Bonnie

In a message dated 8/18/99 9:26:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> Subject: PMID: 10094251: Reassessment of unilateral pallidotomy in PD
>
>
>  > Reassessment of unilateral pallidotomy in PD:
>  > A 2-year follow-up study.
>  >
>  > We conclude that 2 years after pallidotomy, the improvements in
dyskinesia
>  and tremor on the side contralateral to pallidotomy are preserved, while
the
>  initial improvements in most other deficits disappear, either because of
>  progression of pathology or loss of the early efficacy achieved by surgery.
>
>
>  Dear everybody,
>
>  This article demonstrates once again that pallidotomy should not be done.
>
>  My patients two years after bilateral subthalamic stimulation are still
>  going strong, have no more freezing, no dyskinesias, no tremor and a
>  significant reduction in anti-Parkinson medication.  STN stimulation should
>  be approved in the USA and most European countries to benefit all patients
>  suffering from late Parkinson's disease and to prevent neurosurgeons to
>  continue to make lesions in the brains of Parkisnon parients i.e.
>  pallidotomies.
>
>  Best regards,
>
>  Chris van der Linden, M.D.
>  St. Lucas Hospital Ghent
>  Dept. of Neurology
>  Groene Briel 1
>  9000 Ghent
>  BELGIUM
>