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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

"Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A degenerative disorder affecting upper MOTOR NEURONS in the brain and lower motor neurons in the brain stem and SPINAL CORD. Disease onset is usually after the age of 50 and the process is usually fatal within 3 to 6 years. Clinical manifestations include progressive weakness, atrophy, FASCICULATION, hyperreflexia, DYSARTHRIA, dysphagia, and eventual paralysis of respiratory function. Pathologic features include the replacement of motor neurons with fibrous ASTROCYTES and atrophy of anterior SPINAL NERVE ROOTS and corticospinal tracts. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1089-94)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 24 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2007 and 2013 and 2017 and 2018
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