Assertion: als | /r/CapableOf | destroy nerve cells
Facets:
value: in the body
type: LOCATION
value: in the spinal cord
type: LOCATION
value: in the brain
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurological disease that destroys nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord and causes disability.
text: ALS is a motor neuron disease that destroys the nerve cells responsible for carrying signals from the brain to the muscles.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare neurological disease that destroys nerve cells (neurons) and causes significant disability.
text: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that destroys nerve cells and causes disability.
text: It destroys the nerve cells in the body which leads to disability and paralysis in the sufferer during the late stages of disease development.