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Pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Author(s) -

Sarah Morgan,

Richard W. Orrell

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

british medical bulletin

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.08

H-Index - 112

eISSN - 1471-8391

pISSN - 0007-1420

DOI - 10.1093/bmb/ldw026

Subject(s) - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , c9orf72 , frontotemporal dementia , disease , neuroscience , neurodegeneration , medicine , pathogenesis , dementia , genome wide association study , bioinformatics , pathology , biology , genetics , single nucleotide polymorphism , gene , genotype

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or motor neuron disease is a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The primary involvement is of motor neurons in the brain, spinal cord and peripherally. There is secondary weakness of muscles and primary involvement of other brain regions, especially involving cognition.

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