Motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (medical condition): A motor neuron disease involving progressive degeneration and eventual destruction of the function of nerves that control voluntary movement.
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Motor neuron disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Another name for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or close medical condition association).
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurological disorder characterized by progressive degeneration of motor neuron cells in the spinal cord and brain, which ultimately results in paralysis and death. The disease takes its less-scientific name from Lou Gehrig, a baseball player with the New York Yankees in the late 1920s and 1930s, who was forced to retire in 1939 as a result of the loss of motor control caused by the disease. (Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive, fatal neurological disease affecting as many as 20,000 Americans with 5,000 new cases occurring in the United States each year. The disorder belongs to a class of disorders known as motor neuron diseases. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Information Page: NINDS)
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