This is an impressive report. Wilson's disease occurs 1 in 30,000 (more or less). So, to examine a hundred cases would require a population of 3,000,000. A lot is known about Wilson's disease, and it is treatable, if you don't die from it first. It will be nice when Parkinson's disease is as treatable, because it affects something like 1 in 50. Ray ................................................................ E-MOVE reports from the 17th World Congress of Neurology, London, June 17-22. Poster and Platform session numbers refer to those in the abstract book, published in Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2001;187 (supplement 1). A hundred cases of hepatolenticular degeneration: The Croatian experience M Relja P0942 In this large series of patients with Wilson disease, mean age at symptom onset was 24.9 years (SD 10.7), and age at diagnosis was 29.4 years (SD 11.2). Neurologic symptoms were present at diagnosis in 95% of patients, with hepatic dysfunction in 35%. Tremor was seen in 72%, dysarthria in 38%, rigidity in 35%, and emotional lability or psychosis in 38%. Kayser-Fleischer rings were present in only 66% of patients, and 37% had normal ceruloplasmin. Family history was negative in 58%. Eighty percent of patients were treated with penicillamine. --- http://www.wemove.org ............................................................... Ray Strand Prairie Sky Design -----------------( on the Edge of the Prairie Abyss )--------------- when the sky is clear the ground is visible 49/dx PD 2 yrs/40? onset ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn