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  1. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) by Roger Hohnsbeen, 2008-12-30
  2. 21st Century Ultimate Medical Guide to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) - Authoritative, Practical Clinical Information for Physicians and Patients, Treatment Options (Two CD-ROM Set) by PM Medical Health News, 2009-03-06
  3. Sleuths gain in helping damaged nerves. (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis): An article from: The Masthead by Brian Dickinson, 1993-06-22
  4. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Toolkit - Comprehensive Medical Encyclopedia with Treatment Options, Clinical Data, and Practical Information (Two CD-ROM Set) by U.S. Government, 2009-03-07
  5. People With Motor Neuron Disease: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Stephen Hawking, Tony Judt, Michael Goldsmith, Jason Becker, Chris Woodhead
  6. Late AAC assessment for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.(augmentative and alternative communication): An article from: Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology by Amy S. Nordness, Laura J. Ball, et all 2010-03-01
  7. Duration of AAC technology use by persons with ALS.(augmentative and alternative communication )(amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ): An article from: Journal of Medical Speech - Language Pathology by Laura J. Ball, David R. Beukelman, et all 2007-12-01
  8. HealthScouter ALS: Lou Gehrig's Disease Patient Advocate: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Symptoms and ALS Treatment
  9. What You Always Wanted To Know About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Various Authors, National Institute Of Health, 2010-04-17
  10. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An entry from Gale's <i>Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.</i> by L., Jr., MD, DrPH Fallon, 2006
  11. Cognition impaired in 30% with ALS: a small study of patients with classic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis found cognitive impairment in 30% of the patients ... ): An article from: Clinical Psychiatry News by Mary Ann Moon, 2006-07-01
  12. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - A Bibliography and Dictionary for Physicians, Patients, and Genome Researchers by Philip M. Parker, 2007-07-19
  13. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients' perspectives on use of mechanical ventilation.: An article from: Health and Social Work by Jenny M. Young, Carolyn L. Marshall, et all 1994-11-01
  14. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis treatment and theoretical issues / Bokovoy amiotroficheskiy skleroz lechenie i teoreticheskie voprosy by Levitskiy G.N., 2010

41. A Taylor & Francis Health Sciences Journal: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis And Ot
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders The official publicationof the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron
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42. A Martin Dunitz Journal: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis And Other Motor Neuron Di
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron diseases is a highqualityquarterly journal which will cover all aspects of ALS and related disorders.
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43. Drexel University College Of Medicine
The ALS Center of MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, PA, provides compassionate,complete, multidisciplinary, state of the art care and access to the newest, most promising clinical trials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS, muscular dystrophy MD and neuromuscular disease.
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44. Drug Infonet - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease). FDA Approval of the FirstTreatment for ALS Orbis Radio News Special Report. Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc.
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45. Nervous System Disorders - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Methodist Health Care
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS)? Currently, there is no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Nervous System Disorders: Acute Spinal Cord Injury Alzheimer's Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Bell's Palsy ... Appointment Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a terminal neurological disorder characterized by progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain. Often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease" (a famous baseball player who died from the disease), it is one of the most devastating of the disorders that affects the function of nerves and muscles. ALS does not affect mental functioning or the senses (such as seeing or hearing), and it is not contagious. Currently, there is no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Statistics of ALS Consider the following statistics regarding ALS:
  • Most people who develop ALS are between the ages of 40 and 70, although the disease can occur at a younger age.

46. Focus4ALS
A nonprofit organization that raises funds for research that corresponds with ALS. Contains information on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and the latest news on research and government funding.
http://www.geocities.com/focus4als

47. Neuromuscular Diseases
2000 M Weber; About Motor Neuron Disease, or ALS Cardiff University(UK); amyotrophic lateral sclerosis The ALS Association including
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48. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. from a ALS? amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS) is a progressive disease of the nervous system. The
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What is ALS? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive disease of the nervous system. The cause is not known and there is no cure, although progress is being made on both fronts. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease after the famous baseball player who died from it. ALS attacks motor neurons, which are among the largest of all nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. These cells send messages to muscles throughout the body. In ALS, motor neurons die and the muscles do not receive these messages. As a result, muscles weaken as they lose their ability to move. Eventually, most muscle action is affected, including those which control swallowing and breathing, as well as major muscles in the arms, legs, back and neck. There is, however, no loss of sensory nerves, so people with ALS retain their sense of feeling, sight, hearing, smell and taste. The mind is not affected by

49. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive,fatal neurological disease. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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. ALS occurs when specific nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary movement gradually degenerate. The loss of these motor neurons causes the muscles under their control to weaken and waste away, leading to paralysis. ALS manifests itself in different ways, depending on which muscles weaken first. Symptoms may include tripping and falling, loss of motor control in hands and arms, difficulty speaking, swallowing and/or breathing, persistent fatigue, and twitching and cramping, sometimes quite severely. ALS strikes in mid-life. Men are about one-and-a-half times more likely to have the disease as women.
Is there any treatment?

50. Advanced Respiratory - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Print Version. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS) is a rare disease that affects an estimated 30,000 Americans.
http://www.abivest.com/conditions/als/default.asp?gs=patients

51. Health Care Information Resources Amyotrophic Lateral
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Links. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ALS Association from the US, for patients and their caregivers;
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The address of this page is: http://hsl.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/als.html
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Links
For more information, see: Neurological conditions , also in the Illness section of this resource.
For more information, see: Neuromuscular disorders , also in the Illness section of this resource.
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS Association from the U.S., for patients and their caregivers
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Fact Sheet: ALS from the Family Caregiver Alliance in California
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - WFN/ALS site seeking effective treatment and a cure for ALS
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - slowing the disease process
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS Advocacy information and U.S.political activity on behalf of victims
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS Society of Canada to provide care and find the cure for ALS
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS/NY Online helping to "strike out" Lou Gehrig's disease
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) from NOAH, a good collection
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - Les Turner ALS Foundation info and support from Chicago
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ZazAngels group formed by TV actor Michael Zaslow who had ALS
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS Survival Guide Knowledge is power , from a PALS
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS Network helping PALS track treatment programmes
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS Association Tampa Bay Chapter has a "chat room" for patients
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - ALS Therapy Development Foundation seeking to slow, arrest and cure ALS
  • 52. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Nervous System Diseases
    amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS)? Currently, there is no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
    What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)?
    Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a terminal neurological disorder characterized by progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain. Often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease" (a famous baseball player who died from the disease), it is one of the most devastating of the disorders that affects the function of nerves and muscles. ALS does not affect mental functioning or the senses (such as seeing or hearing), and it is not contagious. Currently, there is no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Statistics of ALS
    Consider the following statistics regarding ALS:
    • Most people who develop ALS are between the ages of 40 and 70, although the disease can occur at a younger age. ALS occurs throughout the world with no racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic boundaries. ALS affects as many as 20,000 Americans, with 5,000 new cases diagnosed in the US each year.

    53. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    amyotrophic lateral sclerosis up. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. AmyotrophicLateral Sclerosis / drug therapy. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
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    Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other motor neuron disorders
    Tables of contents and abstracts for the journal Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders, which is the official publication of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Disease, from volume 1, Number 1, 1999. The journal covers "all aspects of the diagnosis and management of ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), primary lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophy and related motor neuron disorders." Full-text access to articles (in PDF, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader) is available to subscribers, or on a pay-per-view basis. Subscription details are available on the site, as well as a free electronic inspection copy (requiring free registration). Published by Martin Dunitz, part of the Taylor and Francis Group. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Electronic Journals [Publication Type] Motor Neuron Disease CSHSD : Brunel University The Centre for the Study of Health, Sickness and Disablement (CSHSD) is a multidisciplinary research centre in the Department of Human Sciences at Brunel University. The Centre operates a register of patients with multiple sclerosis which contain detailed epidemiological data. In addition an archive is maintained of mortality data, principally of neurological disease. The Web pages include details of seminars, projects and staff in the Centre. There are extensive lists of staff publications, and bibliographies on multiple sclerosis and motor neuron disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. There is also a catalogue of software developed at CSHSD.

    54. Neuroguide.com - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Information. The Western Pennsylvania Chapter ofthe ALS Association. Information About amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
    http://www.neuroguide.com/als.html
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    Information About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
  • ALS, a motor neuron disease, was first identified in 1869 by the noted French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot. However, the cause, cure or means of control of ALS are presently unknown.
  • The onset of ALS is insidious with muscle weakness or stiffness as early symptoms. Inevitable progression of wasting and paralysis of the muscles of the limbs and trunk as well as those that control vital functions such as speech, swallowing and respiration follows.
  • Mental faculties are not affected. Also, ALS is not contagious.
  • It is estimated that ALS is responsible for one out of every hundred thousand deaths in people over 20.
  • Over 5,000 people in the U.S. are newly diagnosed with ALS each year. The incidence of ALS is five times higher than Huntington's disease and about equal to multiple sclerosis. More people die every year of ALS than of Huntington's disease or multiple sclerosis.
  • 55. Grand Rounds Archives
    OTOLARYNGOLOGY ASPECTS OF amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Troy Callender, MD April23, 1992. Braun SF. Respiratory system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
    http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/oto/grand/42392.html
    Grand Rounds Archives
    The information contained within the Grand Rounds Archive is intended for use by doctors and other health care professionals. These documents were prepared by resident physicians for presentation and discussion at a conference held at The Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. No guarantees are made with respect to accuracy or timeliness of this material. This material should not be used as a basis for treatment decisions, and is not a substitute for professional consultation and/or peer-reviewed medical literature. OTOLARYNGOLOGY ASPECTS OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
    Troy Callender, MD
    April 23, 1992 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of the motor neurons. Most of the morbidity and eventual mortality is primarily the result of the bulbar and respiratory involvement by the disease. Otolaryngologists are frequently consulted to participate in the care of ALS patients and will occasionally be the first physician consulted if bulbar symptoms predominate. Pathologic evaluation in ALS shows symmetric demyelinization of the pyramidal columns and loss of anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and in the motor nuclei of the bulb.

    56. Factsheet: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    Printable. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive, fatal
    http://healthyamericans.org/resources/factsheets/index.php?ID=8

    57. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Overview. Ross MA. Toward earlier diagnosisof amyotrophic lateral sclerosis revised criteria. rhCNTF ALS Study Group.
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    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Overview Also known as: Motor neuron disease, Lou Gehrig's disease a number of overlapping syndromes such as pseudobulbar palsy, progressive bulbar palsy, progressive muscular atrophy and primary lateral sclerosis. Annual incidence is approximately 1/100,000 population Pockets of high incidence in Guam (ALS-Parkinson-dementia complex), the Kii peninsula of Japan, and western New Guinea. 95% of cases in the US are of the sporadic variety, but a few families have several members with the typical clinical picture of sporadic ALS arising in an autosomal dominant pattern. Onset of the disease can be as early as the third decade of life, most cases begin after age 40, and the incidence increases into the eighth decade. Etiology: unknown Male = Female Symptoms Slowly progressive muscle weakness involving the limbs, trunk, respiratory muscles, throat, and tongue. Onset is insidious, and initial symptoms may be confined to a single limb, especially the distal muscles.

    58. Riluzole For Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)/motor Neuron Disease (MND) (Coc
    Riluzole for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)/motor neuron disease (MND)(Cochrane Review). Miller RG, Mitchell JD, Lyon M and Moore DH. ABSTRACT
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    Riluzole for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)/motor neuron disease (MND) (Cochrane Review)
    Miller RG, Mitchell JD, Lyon M and Moore DH ABSTRACT A substantive amendment to this systematic review was last made on 20 February 2002. Cochrane reviews are regularly checked and updated if necessary. Background: Riluzole has been approved for treatment of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in many countries but not all. Questions persist about its clinical utility because of high cost, modest efficacy and concern over adverse effects. Objectives: To examine the efficacy of riluzole in prolonging survival, and in delaying the use of surrogates (tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation) to sustain survival. Search strategy: Search of the Cochrane Neuromuscular Disease Group Register for randomized trials and enquiry from authors of trials, Aventis (manufacturer of riluzole) and other experts in the field. The most recent search was May, 2001 Selection criteria: Types of studies: randomized trials
    Types of participants: adults with a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Types of interventions: treatment with riluzole or placebo
    Types of outcome measures:
    Primary: pooled hazard ratio of tracheostomy-free survival over all time points with riluzole 100 mg.

    59. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
    amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Progressive neurological disorder.Related Resources. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Available online.
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    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Progressive neurological disorder Related Resources Links to ALS resources
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    By Mary Kugler, MSN, RN,C About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases September 7, 2001 "I am quite often asked: How do you feel about having ALS? The answer is, not a lot. I try to lead as normal a life as possible, and not think about my condition, or regret the things it prevents me from doing, which are not that many."Physicist Steven Hawking What is it? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a disease that attacks the nerve cells (motor neurons) that control muscles. It gets worse over time (is progressive). Motor neurons carry messages about movement from the brain to the muscles, but in ALS the motor neurons degenerate and die; therefore, the messages to move no longer get to the muscles. When muscles aren't used for a long time, they weaken, waste away (atrophy), and twitch under the skin (fasciculate). Eventually, all the muscles that a person can control (voluntary muscles) are affected. People with ALS lose the ability to move their arms, legs, mouth, and body. It may get to the point that the muscles used for breathing are affected, and the person might need a respirator (ventilator) in order to breathe. Because ALS only affects the muscles, a person's mind is not impaired, so he or she still has personality, intelligence, and memory, and can see, hear, taste, and recognize touch. People with ALS can live 3 to 10 years or more after diagnosis.

    60. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
    Links to information and support for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also knownas Lou Gehrig's disease. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Guide picks.
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    Article examines the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases. ALS Tied to Military Service This article examines the results of study that found that veterans of the Gulf War were nearly twice as likely to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. From the About.com Guide to Rare/Orphan Diseases. ALS Association (U.S.)

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