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Blood Test Can Help Diagnose, Track ALS
A blood test can help doctors detect ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and predict how the degenerative disease ...
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate ... progressive muscle weakness and paralysis are universally experienced. ALS is one of the most devastating disorders that affects ...
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ALS patient fears NIH funding cuts could end treatment prolonging her life
MOST PEOPLE WITH ALS DIE WITHIN 2 TO Jennifer Robb ... a fatal disease that progressively destroys nerve cells and the spinal cord, weakening muscles until they cease to function." ...
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Blood test could lead to better diagnosis and management of ALS
ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... Neurofilament light chain proteins can be detected in the blood when nerve cells are injured or die. Glial acidic proteins are released when cells work to ...
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Blood test can help diagnose, track ALS patients, French study indicates
People with ALS have three times higher blood levels of neurofilament light chain proteins, which are produced when nerve cells are injured or die, than people with other brain diseases ...