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On 18 Dec 2002 at 19:47, tOM bERDINE wrote: Hi Tom and Hi All, I think it's a matter of "logistics". Go to my website at: Parknson's Resources http://www.geocities.com/murraycharters/ click on VIP click on MGH BrainTalk - Parkinson's scroll down to read my response... Why Isn't A PET Scan "Automatic" For PD? (sorry folks, but the hyper-links all work better on the MGH site) cheers ....... murray > > Dr Leiberman, > > Why is it that the medical community is so split on utilizing the > > FDOPA PET SCAN to the current regime (observational/MRI) for > > aiding in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease? It seems to many > > of us that if it this test can measure dopamine deficiency then > > it would be extremely benefiical in differentiating between > > Parkinson's disease and other forms (more treatable and > > manageable) of Parkinsonism, no dopamine deficiency then no > > Parkinson's "disease", is that correct? I would be happy if > > neurologists told us, the patients, about this test and let us > > make up our mind on wether or not "we" wish to have it done. The > > majority of the neuro's I speak to state there is no test thatcan > > show Parkinson's disease, does the f-dopa test not do this? > > UCLA med center, among many other center, back this 100%. * * * Murray Charters <[log in to unmask]> http://www.geocities.com/murraycharters/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn