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Chris, You left out Portland, Oregon Where Dr. Kim Burchiel practices, and was a student of Dr. Jacque Fabre from France who taught him the procedure. >Dear Ron, > >I would suggest Deep Brain Stimulation, in particular Subthalamic Nucleus >(STN) stimualtion: advantages above pallidotomy: > >- no lesions >- reversible >- less side effects >- surgery possible on both sides >- improvement of all symptoms, especially gait and freezing >- reduction of medication by around 50 % > >Where: still experimental in the USA: >Emory in Atlanta >Mount Sinai in New York >Rush Presbytarian in Chicago >University Hospital Kansas City > >Most experienced are centers in Europe, including the center I work, where I >have been involved in 50 stimulations, > >Sincerely, > >Chris van der Linden, M.D. >St. Lucas Hospital Ghent >Ghent >BELGIUM jjjane http://www.geocities.com/soho/village/6263/pienet/hithgang/hitjaner.html