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ID | DOID:332 |
Name | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
Definition | A motor neuron disease that is characterized by muscle spasticity, rapidly progressive weakness due to muscle atrophy, difficulty in speaking, swallowing, and breathing. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis, http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis/detail_ALS.htm |
Xrefs |
EFO:0000253 KEGG:05014 SNOMEDCT_US_2020_09_01:86044005 UMLS_CUI:C0002736 |
Subsets |
DO_FlyBase_slim NCIthesaurus |
Synonyms |
ALS [EXACT] Lou Gehrig's disease [EXACT] motor neuron disease, bulbar [EXACT] |
Parent Relationships |
is_a motor neuron disease |