Review of MSA Articles

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A Review of Not-So Technical Online Articles on MSA/Shy-Drager

Many of these articles are suitable to be printed off to share with doctors

and other medical professionals as well as to share with family members.

a. Multiple System Atrophy Information: A lay Guide for Patients and their

Carers http://glaxocentre.merseyside.org/msainfo.html (3 Pages Printed)

b. Multisystem Atrophy http://neurologychannel.com/msa (3 Pages Printed)

NOTE: You have to click on the left of the page to see all the parts of this

article.

c. MSA Booklet

http://www.clinical-services.med.umn.edu/movement-disorders/msa.htm (5 Pages

Printed) (This is written from the perspective of what can be done for MSA

patients in helping their symptoms.)

d. Parkinson's Report - Multiple System Atrophy 1998 article co-authored by

Dr. on and others at Vanderbilt University

http://www.parkinson.org/atrophy.htm (5 Pages Printed) (This is my favourite

article written on MSA. I always recommend this one.)

e. Shy-Drager Syndrome by Carol A Turkington

http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/gale/100084049 (4 Pages Printed) I really

like this one in that it describes the autonomic symptoms well but it only

mentions the name Shy-Drager Syndrome and leaves out the other important

terminology: Multiple System Atrophy, Sporadic Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy

and Striatonigral Degeneration.

f: Sporadic Cerebellar Degeneration March 2001 presentation by Dr. Sid

Gilman http://www.ataxia.org/generations/2001summer/gilman.html See also

http://accesswave.ca/~pbower/msa_gilman.htm (7 Pages Printed) (This is

especially useful for understanding the balance problems in MSA - especially

pages 4 through 7):

g. NINDS Shy-Drager Syndrome Information Page

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/shydrger_doc.htm (2

Pages Printed) (Maybe a bit too concise, it leaves out alot and it's very

cold. Not really recommended as a first read for the newly diagnosed.)

h. MSA Information by the National Dysautonomia Research Foundation

http://www.ndrf.org/MSA.htm (3 Pages Printed) (Good general description that

describes the terminology well but it doesn't offer much to patients in what

can help them deal with their symptoms.)

i. Multiple System Atrophy Information June 2000 information published by

Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders ( WE MOVE), New

York

http://www.wemove.org/msa.html (2 Pages Printed) (Well done)

j. Multiple System Atrophy Information from the Parkinson Institute

http://www.parkinsonsinstitute.org/movement_disorders/multiple_system.html

(1 Page Printed) (Very concise!)

k. What is Shy-Drager Syndrome/Multiple System Atrophy?

http://www.shy-drager.com/sdssg.htm (3 Pages Printed) (Well done)

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A Review of Somewhat Technical Online Articles on MSA/Shy-Drager:

These articles are aimed mostly at medical professionals but loaded with

good information if you're interested in medical information. Many of these

articles are suitable to be printed off to share with doctors and other

medical professionals.

a. Multiple System Atrophy June 2001 article by H U Rehman

http://www.ahealthyme.com/article/bellhowell/100998411 (6 Pages Printed)

b. Keynote Lecture on Multiple System Atrophy by P. L. Lantos

http://brainpathology.upmc.edu/vol7/0704/KL52.HTM (7 Pages Printed)

c. Update: Multiple System Atrophy May 1999 article by Laurie Swan and

Jerome Dupont published in " Physical Therapy "

http://www.ptjournal.org/May99/Toc.cfm NOTE: You must click on " FULL TEXT!

Multiple System Atrophy " near the bottom of the page to view this article.

This is excellent in describing what can be done for MSA patients via

physical therapy. (10 Pages Printed)

d. Multiple System Atrophy by Horatio Kaufman

http://www.mssm.edu/neurology/autodis/disorders/msa/msapaper.pdf Note you

need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file. (9 Pages Printed)

e. Multiple System Atrophy: Information for medical students and neurology

residents 2001 article by Dr. Hain, Northwestern University Medical

School, Chicago, IL http://www.neuro.nwu.edu/meded/MOVEMENT/msa.html (3

Pages Printed)

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A Review of Long & Thorough Online Articles on MSA/Shy-Drager:

Many of these articles are suitable to be printed off to share with doctors

and other medical professionals.

a. Multiple System Atrophy (written in October 2001)

http://emedicine.com/NEURO/topic671.htm (30 Pages Printed)

b. Parkinson Plus Syndromes (Includes MSA - written in September 2001)

http://emedicine.com/NEURO/topic596.htm (14 Pages Printed)

c. Differential Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease and the Parkinsonism Plus

Disorders 1995 article by Drs. Mark & ph Jankovic, Baylor College,

Texas

http://www.parkinsons-information-exchange-network-online.com/archive/091.ht

ml Not as up to date as the two above but still an excellent article that

discusses the differences between MSA and similar disorders. (20 Pages

Printed)