Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Symptoms and causes
2024年4月10日 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a-my-o-TROE-fik LAT-ur-ul skluh-ROE-sis), known as ALS, is a nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS causes loss of muscle control.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Diagnosis and treatment
2024年4月10日 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as ALS, can be hard to diagnose early because it can have symptoms similar to other diseases. Tests to rule out other conditions or help diagnose ALS might include:
Learn more about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS
2018年3月14日 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a-my-o-TROE-fik LAT-ur-ul skluh-ROE-sis), or ALS, is a progressive nervous system (neurological) disease that destroys nerve cells and causes disability. ALS is often called Lou Gehrig's disease, after the famous baseball player who was diagnosed with it.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Overview - Mayo Clinic
2024年11月22日 · Our doctors diagnose and treat more than 800 people with ALS each year. They have expertise in inherited and acquired neuromuscular conditions, genetics of myopathies present from birth and adult-onset neuropathies, and how nerves and muscles function.
Neuropathy and ALS. - Mayo Clinic Connect
2024年11月6日 · ALS is a neuronopathy ("motor neuron disease"), not a neuropathy. In ALS, there is primary damage to the motor neurons that send signals to the muscles that help us move. However, newer research suggests that in some PALS there is a less prominent sensory component that is being explored.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Mayo Clinic
2024年4月10日 · Mayo Clinic research also includes finding genes that might cause or contribute to the development of ALS. Together with teams at other institutions, Mayo Clinic researchers discovered the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion (C9), a gene variation that can cause ALS and frontotemporal dementia. This gene variation is the most common cause ...
Science Saturday: How regenerative medicine is advancing ALS …
2021年5月29日 · May is ALS Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the role of regenerative medicine research in advancing understanding and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. This neurodegenerative disorder causes nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to die, blocking signals to the muscles.
Mayo Clinic awarded federal grant to study experimental ALS drug
2024年9月24日 · Mayo Clinic in Florida has received a grant to begin an innovative study that will provide hundreds of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) access to an experimental drug over six months.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - Care at Mayo Clinic
2024年4月10日 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Symptoms & causes; Diagnosis & treatment; Doctors & departments; Care at Mayo Clinic
Esclerosis lateral amiotrófica - Síntomas y causas - Mayo Clinic
2024年4月10日 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) fact sheet. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Amyotrophic-Lateral-Sclerosis-ALS-Fact-Sheet.