They are the same.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
The disease is typically detected in middle age, after age 50.
a rare disease that causes progressive weakness in voluntary muscles such as in the legs, hands, and tongue. PLS is one of the diseases, along with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, that are grouped together as motor neuron diseases.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a very serious disease. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is better known by its common acronym "ALS." If one has ALS, it is key that they seek treatment.
Motor neuron diseases like primary lateral sclerosis develop because the nerve cells that normally control the movement of voluntary muscles degenerate and die.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or Lou
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Several diseases attack the motor neurons that have cell bodies located in the anterior horn of the spinal column namely: amyotropic lateral sclerosis, spinal muscular atrophies, primary lateral sclerosis, and Kennedy's disease (see the linked article for more detail).
- major depression - Alzheimer's disease - ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's Disease - multiple sclerosis - Parkinson's disease
He died of Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis.