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Carol Mcleod wrote: > Do any of you know if there is anything new about the connection between > Guam and the high incidence of a particular type of Parkinsons ? I ran across > a reference to someone gathering info on that and would like to contact them > as I spent some years on Guam in the sixties . I lived on military bases in the > pacific area while growing up and I remember the DDT trucks gassing our neighborhoods regularly . Perhaps there is some connection . > This is a scary thought for me as the Guam Parkinsons is a particularly nasty > form of the disease . Anyway , I would like to know more about this . If anyone has any news please let me know . > Found it!! Conrad C et al; Ann Neur 1997;41:277-281: (in CSR MAR 97) Authors found a genetic marker associated with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) but not with Alzheimer's or with Parkinson-dementia complex of Guam (PDG). Neither this ref nor the 6 others I found using Pub Med (search limit 1 year) tells what you are seeking, but if you look up the full text in a medical library, I'm sure the list of references will lead you to it. Good luck! Joe J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013