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From: wurzelma@aecom.UUCP (John Wurzelmann)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Re: MS and dogs
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Date: Tue, 4-Feb-86 13:46:29 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb  4 13:46:29 1986
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> >Any truth to the story I heard about distemper causing M.S. and
> >its typical insulation breakdown? (I had a big power supply that
> >came down with a problem like that in its cable loom(8-).)
> 

	In the same vein, there is evidence accumulating that Paget's disease,
a problem with bone remodeling that occurs in older people, is associated
with an increased incidence of dog-owning. Several canine viruses have been
proposed as possible etiological agents.

					       John Wurzelmann