Thank you, Larry Wilson Georgia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jorge Romero MD" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 12:38 PM Subject: Re: Need more insight on brother in Dallas Texas > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn