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This nervous system disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, destroys nerve cells and gets worse over time.
... Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS is a type of progressive motor neuron disease that typically strikes at middle to later life and causes nerve cells in the ...
Those specialists may include experts in lung diseases (pulmonologists); ear, nose and throat specialists; interventional radiologists; clinical nurse ...
... (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. This neurodegenerative disorder causes nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to die, blocking signals to the muscles. That ...
Familial ALS. Fasciculations. Kennedy disease, also called spinobulbar atrophy. Localized motor neuron diseases. Motor neuron disease. Motor neuropathies.
During the course of the disease, the diaphragm becomes weakened and many patients experience difficulty breathing, a condition called chronic hypoventilation.
... (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The team also found that an immunomodulatory treatment that blocks the protein was able to restore motor function ...
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