Re: Need more insight on brother in Dallas Texas

[Jorge Romero MD <romero.jorge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can access a list of Parkinson specialists in Texas, or in the Dallas
area, by clicking on to the NPF site:



Jorge Romero, MD

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Stevens" <claranight@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: Need more insight on brother in Dallas Texas


> Dear Larry ,  The fact that your brother's tremor responds to Sinemet
> tells me that he has a brain syndrome that includes damage to the
> substantia nigra. but the other more devastatimg symptoms lead me to
> believe he has what neurologists call a parkinson's plus syndrome or
> perhaps another illness has ocurred on top of the PD  So  I would take
> him to a movement disorder specialist as soon as possible.  Contact  the
> local office of the APDA, NPF or UPF for a referral.  Diane
>

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