Dr. Sam Pfaff's talk "Tracking Post Polio
Syndrome" and Dr. Susan Perlman's talk
"State-of-the-Art Approaches to PPS" are
available on one video tape.
Dr. Pfaff is a
neurobiologist at The Salk Institute and is
doing
research on the development of motor neurons and how genes
trigger stem cells to develop into motor neurons.
He spoke at The Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA on June 6, 2000.
The
talk is 53 minutes including questions and answers.
Dr. Perlman is director of the PPS clinic at University of
California
at Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center. She spoke in
San Diego, CA on June 18, 2000.
Her talk summarizes the March of Dimes Third International
Conference
on PPS: "Identifying Best Practices in Diagnosis and Care" at the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institiute for
Rehabilitation,
Warm Springs, Georgia (May 19-20, 2000).
The talk is 90 minutes without questions and answers.
The cost is $20.00 including first class postage in the US. The
tape is in VHS NTSC format used in the US. Inquire about the availability
of PAL format tapes.
Currently, there are no
tapes available. If there is sufficient interest, we will have
another batch produced.
For information on how to order, additional postage
outside the US or any other questions, please
e-mail:
postpolio@cox.net
Please have the subject say "PPS Videos"
Mary Clare and Steve Schlesinger
Post Polio Group of San Diego
sandiego_polio.tripod.com
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