Analysis of terms used for the diagnosis and classification of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and motor neuron disease.

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There is no test for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and so attempts have been made to produce standardized diagnostic criteria based on clinical and electrophysiological findings, e.g. El Escorial. However, the phenotypic classification of the subtypes of ALS is also based on clinical features leading to conflation of diagnosis and phenotype. We used a five-question online survey with ALS specialists to...

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