NOUN
- thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord; results in progressive muscle atrophy that starts in the limbs
How To Use amyotrophic lateral sclerosis In A Sentence
- -or, worse yet, for he'd been hastily reading about diseases of the nerves, Lou Gehrig's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ? THE TATTOOED GIRL
- Within its walls, researchers from Columbia, Harvard Medical School, the Salk Institute and others are studying embryonic cells in an effort to overcome an incurable fatal disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Stem-Cell Researchers
- In the late summer of 2008, Judt was diagnosed with the variant of motor neurone disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? or in America as Lou Gehrig's disease, after a famous prewar baseball player? Tony Judt obituary
- He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, the most common form of motor neurone disease, which confined him to a wheelchair and forced him to speak through an electronic voicebox.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive disease affecting both upper and lower motor neurons.
- The alliance with Mr. DeMint didn't keep Dr. Coburn from slapping a hold on a bill Mr. DeMint supports -- the one that would set up a government registry to track people with Lou Gehrig's disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. One-Man Gridlock:
- 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.
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a common neurologic disease associated with an inexorable decline in muscle strength.
- A new study suggests that the player may not have died of Lou Gehrig's disease, formally known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a type of motor neurone disease. Is Nancy Pelosi Un-American?
- Privately financed Harvard and Columbia university scientists produced stem cells from the skin of patients with a genetically based disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's Disease. Obama's Promise on Stem Cells