Assertion: als | /r/Synonym | lou gehrig's disease
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value: often
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value: commonly
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value: after the famous baseball player
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value: in the united states
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value: in canada
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value: aka
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Source sentences:
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neurone disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a disease that causes the death of neurons controlling voluntary muscles.
text: According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), more than 12,000 people in the U.S. have a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
text: Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease after the famous baseball player, ALS is more common than you might think.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is often referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease and is named for a famous baseball player who had the disease.
text: ALS is a devastating, progressive neuromuscular condition also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the United States and Canada.
text: Other names: ALS; Lou Gehrig's Disease; Motor Neurone Disease
text: Sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS belongs to a group of disorders known as motor neuron diseases.
text: ALS is sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s Disease in reference to the famous baseball player who developed the disease in the 1930s.
text: ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig disease.
text: In the United States, ALS is often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, after the famous baseball player who was stricken by the disease in the midst of his career.
text: In the United States, the term motor neuron disease is often used to denote amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease), the most common disorder in the group.
text: What is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), aka Lou Gehrig’s disease?
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig disease or Charcot disease, is the most common form of motor neuron disease 1,4 resulting in progressive weakness and eventual death due to respiratory insufficiency.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is short for ALS, and is often referred to as “Lou Gehrig’s disease.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Charcot's disease and Lou Gehrig's disease, is a disease of unknown cause characterized by slowly progressive degeneration of upper motor neurons (UMNs) and lower motor neurons (LMNs).
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a rapidly progressive, invariably fatal neurological disease.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a rapidly progressing disease that attacks the nerve cells in the brain that are responsible for controlling voluntary muscles.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease – is a motor neuron disease.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease and Charcot disease, is a specific disorder that involves the death of neurons.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a rapidly progressive fatal neurologic disease.
text: Research suggests that consuming seafood high in mercury could increase the risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive wasting away of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal column that control the muscles that allow movement.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive and fatal neuromuscular disease for which no cure has been identified.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive and fatal neuromuscular disease.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by the selective loss of motor neurons in the spinal cord, brain stem, and motor cortex.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a degenerative disorder of specific nerve cells of the spinal cord, brain stem and brain.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive and fatal disease of the nervous system.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, affects around 2,000 people each year in England and Wales, with a peak age of onset between 50 years and 70 years.
text: According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive motor neuron disease that causes nerve cells to break down and die over time.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neuromuscular disease.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, affects around 2,000 people each year in England and Wales, with a peak age of onset between 50 years and 70 years.
text: ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, after the famous U.S. baseball player who developed the disease.
text: Commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS is caused by the degeneration and loss of neurons that control muscles.
text: ALS is short for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a chronic and fatal form of motor neuron disease; also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
text: Commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS is caused by the degeneration and loss of neurons that control muscles.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is often referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease and is named for a famous baseball player who had the disease.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is often referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease and is named for a famous baseball player who had the disease.
text: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is often referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease and is named for a famous baseball player who had the disease.
text: It is often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, (after a famous baseball player who died from the disease.
text: ALS is a devastating, progressive neuromuscular condition also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the United States and Canada.
text: Commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS affects neurons that control voluntary muscle movements such as walking.
text: Doctor's Notes on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease)