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Previous Volume 334:114-116 January 11, 1996 Number 2 Next

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It has been more than 20 years since I first learned that I had Parkinson's disease. I had complained for about six months of aching discomfort in my right arm, fairly typical of thoracic outlet syndrome, or so I believed. I was a vascular surgeon, operating in a hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School. For me to have a stiff arm was a nuisance.

Wasting no time on the thoracic outlet, my consultant neurologist, gently and not without some sadness, examined me briefly and told me that I had Parkinson's disease. He explained the bare outlines of the disease, bringing . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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