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Jeremy, I "don't" know ....but I would like to add that there are several members from the Dystonia group that "wonder" if their Dystonia is a precurser to PD.... I've noted just from their conversations that one of the "reasons" they are concerned about this is because they have family members <moms,dads, grandparents, ect> that have a dx of Parkinson's Diesease.... From what I've "read" in medical journals, heard from "list"... PD isn't thought to be heritary <sp?> but my "gut" feeling is that there is a relationship somehow (other than the markers on chromosome #9). Just my 2cents....Elf in Tn...Romona <mom to Tori, Cory and Zach , the boys have several labels "no" definative Dx... Dystonia/Parkinsonism+ http://members.aol.com/elf808/index.html> In a message dated 97-10-30 06:50:13 EST, you write: ><< Hi Claudia Elliott <[log in to unmask]> > >>I have heard that people with early onset PD tend to suffer more the symptoms >>of dystonia and bradykenesia, while people with later age onset experience >>more tremors, gait problems, etc. Do any of you know anything about this? >> Have you heard anything or know any references concerning the differences >>between cases of early and later onset PD? Jeremy Browne wrote: > > I have an idea that the bulk of dystonia is caused as a side-effect of our > drugs. YPDs take increasing amounts of drugs over a longer period than later > onset PWP. Hence the difference. > > What do you think? Does my theory hold water? > > -- > Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] > Hampshire, UK >>