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robert l dolezal wrote: > To the editor: > I am writing to request clarification of statistical data presented in The > New England Journal of Medicine 1998;339:1105-1111, an article entitled > "Brain Surgery Helps Severe Parkinson's." Bob, one of us is confused. At the Kaiser Medical Library just today I copied the first page of the article at the location you cite. Its title is: "Electrical Stimulation Of The Subthalamic Nucleus In Advanced Parkinson's Disease" by P. Limousin and several others including one of the principal developers of DBS for PD, A. Benabid. It's a good account of their long-term follow-up of 24 DBS recipients, but I must have missed the disturbing estimates of PD incidence that prompted your letter. Cheers, Joe Disease" -- J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 3527 Cody Road Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013