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I just call it "bloody parkie" - lets cocentrate on fixing the thing not dignify it with names. Quoting Jim Slattery <[log in to unmask]>: > Hi Rick. > Unfortunatelyy, there is already a super-type of PD known as Multiple System > > Atrophy (MSA). Back to the drawing board :-) > > What about "Progressive CNS Degeneration" ? > > Whatever name we come up with, I feel that it should reference the Central > Nervous System (CNS). > > There are other similar disorders called Parkinson-plus diseases. These > include: > multiple progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration > (CBD), > and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Lewy bodies are abnormal aggregates of > protein that develop inside nerve cells. > > There were once other terms used for disorders that are now recognised as > types > of MSA. For example, Striatonigral Degeneration (now called MSA-p > p=Parkinsonian subtype), Shy-Drager Syndrome (now MSA-a a=autonomic > dysfunction > subtype) and Sporadic Olivo Ponto Cerebellar Atrophy (MSA-c c=cerebellar > subtype). > > I am sure in my own mind that we should take on board all types of > parkinsonism, > for maximum publicity impact, maximum resaarch funding attraction, and > maximum > research effort. > > Jim > ------------------------------------------- > Dr. James F. Slattery, PhD Soc Sc > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn