ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a neurological disorder that many people refer to as Lou Gehrig's disease. This is a progressive disease in which the nerves that control the voluntary movements in the body deteriorate. As the nerve cells degenerate, it leads to paralysis and then dea...
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disorder of a wider group of disorders known as motor neuron diseases. ALS is a degenerative disease in which the nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement, including chewing, walking and talking, are aff
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Generally, these cases are referred to as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-frontotemporal spectrum disorder (ALS-FTSD). Clinical behaviors and the presence of the same pathognomonic deposits suggest that FTLD and ALS could be a continuum of one entity. This review was desi...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurological disorder that impacts the motor neurons responsible for controlling voluntary muscle movement and breathing, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The Centers for Disease Control and ...
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurological disorder that results in damage to nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Patients with ALS (also known as “Lou Gehrig disease”) have progressive muscle weakness and muscle atrophy that leads to accelerated physical decline. Death ...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurological disorder that damages nerve cells and causes disability. The condition also is known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, after the famed New York Yankees baseball player who was diagnosed with the disorder in the late 1930s....
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal adult-onset motor neuron disease. The majority of the cases are sporadic; in fact, only 10% of ALS cases are inherited. There is no cure or treatment for ALS, and unfortunately, most ALS patients die after 3-5 years....