Re: "the" study
Karen Luglio (tootsie(AT)voicenet.com)
Sun, 20 Apr 1997 21:46:54 -0400 (EDT)
At 03:03 PM 12/31/95 -0500, you wrote:
>Linda and Bryan wrote,
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>><< I think it's rather important to keep in mind that this study is QUITE
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>>old -- if any of us were practicing Medicine out the 1978 version of
>>"Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine" we would be spending more time
>>in court than in our offices ;-)
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>>I totally agree, Bryan!!!!
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>>Dr. Ropper certainly is not the only one that is researching this......at
>>least I sure as hell hope not!!!!!
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>>In the meantime, I have contacted him about getting his more recent research
>>papers (and yes, there certainly have been some!) I will pass along anything
>>*worthwhile.*
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>>Linda
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> Interesting comment -- you know when I use Medscape or Paperchase (
>which comes right out of Harvard!) you get almost nothing about Transverse
>Myelitis. In fact, the only thing said about it in "curent Diagnosis and
>Treatment" (1997 version) is ... and i'm not quoting here -- it is
>frequently associated with HIV infection!!!!!!! -- which will be REAL good
>news to most of you out there ;-) -- but seriously,,, this represents a
>REAL paucity of significant research --although of course, the pathological
>process of demyelination is being extensively studied in MS and nerve
>regeneration is accomplished in mice and human trials have been carried out
>in regenrating brain cells in Alzheimers!!
>
>Bryan
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I have heard about the association between TM and HIV. Considering what I
do (did?) for a living I was a prime candidate so I was tested. Fortunately
I am negative. It is also associated with distant neoplasms. The fact that
there is no common factor makes this syndrome very difficult to research.
Karen