Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) is a neuropathy relatively common but unknown cause. It affects both sexes, and its incidence increases with age from 40 years. The United States, it is also called "disease of Lou Gehrig" the name of a player of baseball renamed, died of the disease in 1941.

It should not be confused with the name of a disease and symptoms neighbors, but less severe changes, the Charcot-Marie-Tooth. Anatomically, it is due to progressive degeneration of motor neurons of the cerebral cortex and anterior horn of the spinal cord, associated with destruction ...