Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Author: Rowland, L. P.; Shneider, N. A.

Description: Charcot described amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1874. Despite progress, this creeping paralysis, known colloquially as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is still not visibly affected by available therapies. However, advances in genetics have accelerated the pace of ALS research in the past decade, promising more effective treatment.

Subject headings: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Environment; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Humans; Motor Neurons; Mutation; Suicide, Assisted; Superoxide Dismutase; Superoxide Dismutase-1; ALS

Publication year: 2001

Journal or book title: The New England Journal of Medicine

Volume: 344

Issue: 22

Pages: 1688-1700

Find the full text: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM200105313442207

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Serial number: 3729

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