Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Als; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, type 2; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, type 4; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/als; autosomal dominant juvenile ALS; autosomal recessive form of juvenile ALS type 3; Charcot disease; dHMN; FALS; familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Lou Gehrig Disease; Lou Gehrig's Disease; Lou Gehrig//'s disease; Motor Neuron Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; neuronopathy, distal hereditary motor, with pyramidal features; RFALS type 3

View Post: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
20 Nov 2009 by admin
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A degenerative disease (or group of diseases) which affects the upper and lower motor neurons. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: the term applied to the sporadic and most common form of the disease. ...
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View Post: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Veterans: Review of the ...
10 Nov 2006 by aschultz@nas.edu
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and nearly always fatal disease that affects a person's nervous system. It is sometimes referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, after the famous baseball player who died from it. ...
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View Post: Current and emerging treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
14 Nov 2009
Objective: We reviewed current literature concerning emerging treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Methods: A Medline literature search was performed to identify all studies on ALS treatment published from January 1st, ...
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View Post: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Update from the Quality Standards ...
9 Nov 2009 by rkelley
Practice Parameter update: The care of the patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Multidisciplinary care, symptom management, and cognitive/behavioral impairment (an evidence-based review). Neurology. 2009;73:1227-1233. ...
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View Post: Protein disulphide isomerase protects against protein aggregation ...
10 Nov 2009 by Walker, AK, Farg, MA, Bye, CR, McLean,...
Using a biotin switch assay, we detected increased levels of S-nitrosylated protein disulphide isomerase in transgenic mutant superoxide dismutase 1 mouse and human sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spinal cord tissues. ...
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View Post: Vocal Cord Dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Four ...
9 Nov 2009 by van der Graaff, M. M., Grolman, W., Westermann,...
We describe 4 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and glottic narrowing due to vocal cord dysfunction, and review the literature found using the following search terms: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, motor neuron disease, ...
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View Post: A Drosophila Model for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Reveals Motor ...
29 Aug 2008 by Watson, MR, Lagow, RD, Xu, K., Zhang, B.,...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a motor neuron disease that leads to loss of motor function and early death. About 5% of cases are inherited, with the majority of identified linkages in the gene encoding copper, zinc-superoxide ...
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