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Hi Alison! That was Raj who had the sample analyzed. It seems he was part of a study. Read what he wrote back to me below. We all hate it. Wendy ----- Original Message ----- ... Wendy, where did you send your blood sample. I would really like to send my mom's to have it analysed, I hate this disease. alison > Hi Wendy: > This was done by NIH Neurologists who undertook a genetic screening for > PD patients. I enrolled in this study last year. I sent my blood sample > by mail. I presume they studied the DNA or RNA for the genetic variation > among PD patients. > For a day or teo, I thought thaat I wasnot having PD because I did not > have the known genetic changes commonlyfound inPWP. However, it ocurred to > me that a more valid interpretation of this result would be that we do not > know all the various genes that could possibly involved in PD. It is likely > that people from different ethic geneology may have different genes mutated > which could produce symptoms of PD. All I can think of is that this is a > very complex disease and we need to know more about it. > Raj > *********** > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wendy Siegel" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 10:37 PM > Subject: Re: Unilateral PD > > > > Hey Raj! > > What blood test are you referring to? I hope you are correct, and Rich > > has this rare form, if the other symptoms follow slowly! > > > > Wendy > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brightline > > Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 7:19 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Unilateral PD > > > > ... Apparently all the ET > > tremors starting on one side to begin with is characteristic of this > > rare > > kind (30%?) of PD, where other symptoms follow slowly. Besides, I had a > > call from NIH last week. They did not find in my blood test any of the > > known gene mutations that has been known to occur in PD patients. > > Obviously, there are other PD genes that we don't know about. > > Raj > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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