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Is it true that PET(Positron Emission Tomography) is only used prior to surgeries and in medical research at present due to the prohibitive cost? Jeanette Fuhr 49/47/44? ---------- From: Michel Margosis <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: newbies - re-post Date: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 10:52 PM At 07:34 1999/10/30 -0400, tina wrote: > first starting having problems in november 1998, mainly >depression, headaches on left side of head and neck, and >tremor in right hand. Seen 3 regular neurosurgeons from >november 98' to may 99'. I received a medicine for benign >tremor, because one neurosurgeon said since the cat scan >was normal I didnt have PD. My understanding of the subject tells me that Positron Emission Tomography scans are the only ones that can verify that the patient has PD. Michel