Management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease affecting the motor neurons, in both the spinal cord and medulla (lower motor neurons) and cerebral cortex (upper motor neurons). Even though ALS remains fatal, several advances have been made during the last decade in improving the consequences of motor dysfunction, quality of life and survival time of patients. Treatment of ALS cannot be...

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