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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 |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease, Maladie de Charcot or motor neurone disease) is a progressive, almost invariably fatal neurological disease. Description In ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, both the upper motor neurons and the lower motor neurons degenerate or die, ceasing to send messages to muscles. Unable to function, the muscles gradually weaken, waste away (atrophy), and have fasciculations because of denervation. Eventually, the ability ...
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- National Library of Medicine
- American Speech-Language Hearing Association http://www.asha.org/
- Muscular Dystrophy Association http://www.mdausa.org/
- ALS Association
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- Genetics Home Reference http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- ALS (MayoClinic)
- ALS Association
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