At 00:20 1999/09/13 -0700, barb mallut wrote, in part: >Dear List-family >I gotta phone call from a member of my PD support group asking me >for info on (phonetic spelling) "Supernouckular Palsy," as her >hubby's PD diagnosis was changed to that PD act-alike yesterday... i did a search at: Google <http://www.google.com/> and came up with: Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Inc. (SPSP) <http://www.psp.org/> i also did a search of our list archives and came up with these [pared down]: > search supranuclear in parkinsn since today-300 >Item # Date Time Recs Subject >------ ---- ---- ---- ------- >55428 99/01/24 00:38 40 Requip reaction/ MRI >55431 99/01/24 03:45 52 Re: Requip reaction/ MRI >55455 99/01/24 14:14 101 Fw: Requip reaction/ MRI >56255 99/02/07 06:20 89 PSP LISTSERV AVAILABLE >56297 99/02/07 21:07 31 Re: CBGD and PSP >57100 99/03/03 09:45 34 Re: PSP >58480 99/04/12 03:05 291 seattle post article 1: PD: The silent epidemic >59713 99/05/07 19:28 60 Answers to Visual Problems >59716 99/05/07 21:41 66 Treating visual problems in PD >62762 99/07/02 17:34 53 PMID: 10214747: PET imaging in PD and PSP >66388 99/08/23 04:52 31 PMID: 10451753: Differential diagnosis of parkinsonism. >66877 99/08/30 19:13 288 CSR SEP 99 > >To order a copy of these postings, send the following command: > > GETPOST PARKINSN XXXXX > >[where XXXXX = Item # in left column above] > >to: [log in to unmask] these search results may appear impressive however, i had a slight advantage; i knew how to spell psp! aren't there any search engines out there which can do 'fuzzy' searches? [i.e. take spelling variations into account?] janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset 613 256 8340 po box 171 almonte ontario canada K0A 1A0 a new voice: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> <[log in to unmask]>