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Synonyymit

Lyhenteet

  • (lääketiede) ALS
KieliKäännökset
hollantiamyotrofische laterale sclerose
japani筋萎縮性側索硬化症 (kinishukuseisokusekikōkashō)
ranskasclérose latérale amyotrophique
suomiamyotrofinen lateraaliskleroosi, liikeratakovettumatauti

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Substantiivi

  1. (neurology, pathology) A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.

(neurology, pathology) A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.

Diagram of a human nervous system highlighting the brain, spinal cord, motor neurons, and muscles of the body affected by ALS

(neurology, pathology) A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.

Classic ALS involves neurons in the brain and spinal cord (upper motor neurons, highlighted red), as well as the lower motor neurons, which go from the spinal cord to the muscles, highlighted teal.

(neurology, pathology) A chronic, progressive disease characterized by degeneration of the central nervous system and the loss of voluntary muscle control.

Illustration showing the range of upper and lower motor neuron involvement in the two most common types of ALS (top row) and three of the most common rare subtypes of ALS (bottom row)