<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease that targets motor neurons in the spinal cord, cortex and brain stem. Selective degeneration of corticospinal (upper) and spinal (lower) motor neurons manifests as a linear decline in muscular function, eventually resulting in paralysis, speech and swallowing deficits and death, usually from impaired respiratory function, over a time course of approximately 3-5 years.</p></abstract>

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease that targets motor neurons in the spinal cord, cortex and brain stem. Selective degeneration of corticospinal (upper) and spinal (lower) motor neurons manifests as a linear decline in muscular function, eventually resulting in paralysis, speech and swallowing deficits and death, usually from impaired respiratory function, over a time course of approximately 3-5 years.

Genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: more than twenty years of studies

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease that targets motor...

Genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: more than twenty years of studies

Published Online: Dec 28, 2017

Page range: 131 - 132

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24190/ISSN2564-615X/2017/S2.05

Keywords
ALS, genetics, Lou Gehrig’s disease

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Genetics of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: more than twenty years of studies

Published Online: Dec 28, 2017

Page range: 131 - 132

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24190/ISSN2564-615X/2017/S2.05

KeywordsALS, genetics, Lou Gehrig’s disease

© 2018

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
ALS, genetics, Lou Gehrig’s disease