I think there's no need for your apologies, Maryhelen. Perhaps there is some widespread agreement on a shorter for of Parkinsonism . . . help? __________ David On Wed, 24 Jul 1996 [log in to unmask] wrote: > In a recent post, I iresponsibly used the term "parkinism". Truth is, I used > that word as a shortcut, at the time not sure what to use without typing so > much (lazy). I was thinking of the PD related stuff like Parkinson Disease, > Atypical Parkinsons, Parkinsons Syndrom, Parkinsons Plus, etc. etc. .. > especially all that might be affected by the Udall Bill. Sorry. > > Maryhelen >