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Joe: In biomedical research there is a well known statistical phenomenon called clustering. This is the appearance of similar events or diseases usually in a geographic area. It is an accident of the distribution of events and if it is a true cluster does not indicate a causal relationship. It is sometimes quite difficult to separate a true event related by cause and effect from a statistical fluke. This makes establishing a cause very difficult, especially when the relationship is weak or unknown, as it is in PD. K. F. Etzold cg Carline ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Thome <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, May 27, 2004 6:03 pm Subject: Collection center for interesting coincidences? > Does anyone know if there is anywhere that is collecting > information on > coincidences dealing with Parkinson’s information? > > > > I just came across two coincidences which I would report to any > center that > might be gathering such information. Two women, not related but > both born in > a very small town in Oklahoma in the mid 1930s, both contracted > Parkinson’swith dementia. That seems a bit odd. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Joe Thome > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.683 / Virus Database: 445 - Release Date: 5/12/2004 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: [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