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ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig''s disease, cannot be cured but it can be treated. A great deal can be done to treat the symptoms of ALS, to improve an individuals quality of life, and to help families, caregivers, and loved ones to cope with the disease. This extensively revised and rewritten new edition of the bestselling Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Guide For Patients and Families addresses all of those needs, and brings up-to-date important information to those living with the reality of ALS.The book is completely revised throughout and contains NEW information on: * Recently developed a

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A diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or motor neuron disease) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that exerts a notorious life-shortening physical toll. Understandably, clinicians are keen to avoid a wrong diagnosis when there are such serious consequences, but any delay in diagnosis can result in unnecessary, and sometimes harmful, interventions, and prevents prompt implementation of much-needed physical and emotional support. Starting from the premise that ALS is not one disease but a syndrome, with a spectrum of upper and lower motor neuron involvement, this highly readable resource examines the causes of diagnostic delay and how to avoid them. With no diagnostic test to confirm the disease, no mandatory investigations and very few plausible 'ALS mimics', the authors take a pragmatic approach to what must always be a clinical diagnosis. With case presentations and teaching points to aid understanding, 'Fast Facts: ALS' will give clinicians the confidence to confirm or exclude a diagnosis of ALS, so that individuals facing this most challenging of conditions can receive rapid multidisciplinary support to maximize the quality of their remaining life. Contents: • Defining the syndrome • Epidemiology and pathophysiology • The first symptoms • Differential diagnosis • Investigations • Emerging diagnostic biomarkers

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. --- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis --- Treatment. --- ALS (Disease) --- Gehrig's disease --- Lateral sclerosis --- Lou Gehrig's disease --- Motor neurone disease --- Sclerosis, Amyotrophic lateral --- Motor neurons --- Neuromuscular diseases --- Diseases

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'Motor Neuron Disease' aims to give patients and their families a greater understanding of the condition and a sense of hope and enablement in the face of what can be a quite frightening diagnosis.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. --- Motor neurons --- ALS (Disease) --- Gehrig's disease --- Lateral sclerosis --- Lou Gehrig's disease --- Motor neurone disease --- Sclerosis, Amyotrophic lateral --- Neuromuscular diseases --- Diseases. --- Diseases --- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis