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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), sometimes referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive fatal neuromuscular disease that attacks nerve cells and pathways in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons, among the largest of all nerve cells, reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal c ....
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.... to live productive and satisfying lives especially with the use of assistive devices for daily living, and later in the disease, augmentative communication equipment.
Men and women are affected in almost equal numbers. Also, up to 10 percent of ALS cases are familial occurring more than once in a family lineage; but 90 percent of ALS cases show no hereditary pattern.
Approximately one-third of patients become aware of the onset of the disease when their hands become clumsy, causing difficulty in the performance of fine tasks. Another ....
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