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  2. Primary lateral sclerosis - Wikipedia

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    Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS) usually presents with gradual-onset, progressive, lower-extremity stiffness and pain due to muscle spasticity. Onset is often asymmetrical. [ 2 ] Although the muscles do not appear to atrophy as in ALS (at least initially), the disabling aspect of PLS is muscle spasticity and cramping, and intense pain when those ...

  3. Motor neuron diseases - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] They include amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), [3] [4] progressive bulbar palsy (PBP), pseudobulbar palsy, progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and monomelic amyotrophy (MMA), as well as some rarer variants resembling ALS. Motor neuron diseases affect both children and ...

  4. ALS - Wikipedia

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    Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease (MND) or (in the United States) Lou Gehrig's disease (LGD), is a rare, terminal neurodegenerative disorder that results in the progressive loss of both upper and lower motor neurons that normally control voluntary muscle contraction. [3]

  5. Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis - Wikipedia

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    Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance, meaning both copies of the gene in each cell are altered. Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis ( JPLS ) also known as primary lateral sclerosis, juvenile ( PLSJ ), is a very rare genetic disorder , with a small number of reported cases, characterized by ...

  6. List of people with motor neuron disease - Wikipedia

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    This includes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progressive bulbar palsy (PBP), pseudobulbar palsy, progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and monomelic amyotrophy (MMA), as well as some rarer variants resembling ALS.

  7. Sclerosis (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Multiple sclerosis, or focal sclerosis, [2] is a central nervous system disease which affects coordination. Osteosclerosis, a condition where the bone density is significantly increased, resulting in decreased lucency on radiographs. Otosclerosis, a disease of the ears. Primary lateral sclerosis, progressive muscle weakness in the voluntary ...