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You can access a list of Parkinson specialists in Texas, or in the Dallas area, by clicking on to the NPF site: http://www.parkinson.org/docgetmap.htm Jorge Romero, MD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Stevens" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:33 PM Subject: Re: Need more insight on brother in Dallas Texas > Dear Larry , The fact that your brother's tremor responds to Sinemet > tells me that he has a brain syndrome that includes damage to the > substantia nigra. but the other more devastatimg symptoms lead me to > believe he has what neurologists call a parkinson's plus syndrome or > perhaps another illness has ocurred on top of the PD So I would take > him to a movement disorder specialist as soon as possible. Contact the > local office of the APDA, NPF or UPF for a referral. Diane > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn