The ALS Association
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.
With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed.
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