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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig s Disease and Other Motor Neuron Diseases

Motor neuron diseases are characterized by weakness and wasting of affected muscles, without accompanying sensory changes. Werdnig-Hoffman disease and Kugelberg-Welander syndrome occur in infants or children. Motor neuron disease in adults generally commences between 30 and 60 years of age. There is degeneration of the anterior horn cells in the spinal cord, the motor nuclei of the lower cranial nerves, and the corticospinal and corticobulbar pathways. The disorder is usually sporadic, but familial cases may occur

 

 
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