Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

EL Feldman, SA Goutman, S Petri, L Mazzini… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal CNS neurodegenerative disease. Despite intensive
research, current management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis remains suboptimal from …

Recent advances in the diagnosis and prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

SA Goutman, O Hardiman, A Al-Chalabi… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis can be challenging due to its heterogeneity in
clinical presentation and overlap with other neurological disorders. Diagnosis early in the …

Advances in molecular pathology, diagnosis, and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

H Ilieva, M Vullaganti, J Kwan - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
Although the past two decades have produced exciting discoveries in the genetics and
pathology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), progress in develo** an effective therapy …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

MA Van Es, O Hardiman, A Chio, A Al-Chalabi… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is characterised by the progressive loss of motor neurons in
the brain and spinal cord. This neurodegenerative syndrome shares pathobiological …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: moving towards a new classification system

A Al-Chalabi, O Hardiman, MC Kiernan, A Chiò… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a progressive adult-onset neurodegenerative disease that
primarily affects upper and lower motor neurons, but also frontotemporal and other regions …

Stage at which riluzole treatment prolongs survival in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a retrospective analysis of data from a dose-ranging study

T Fang, A Al Khleifat, JH Meurgey, A Jones… - The Lancet …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Riluzole is the only drug to prolong survival for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(ALS) and, at a dose of 100 mg, was associated with a 35% reduction in mortality in a …

The epidemiology of ALS: a conspiracy of genes, environment and time

A Al-Chalabi, O Hardiman - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2013 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive neurodegenerative disease
of motor neurons, resulting in worsening weakness of voluntary muscles until death from …

ALS-specific cognitive and behavior changes associated with advancing disease stage in ALS

C Crockford, J Newton, K Lonergan, T Chiwera… - Neurology, 2018 - neurology.org
Objective To elucidate the relationship between disease stage in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS), as measured with the King's Clinical Staging System, and cognitive and …

Glymphatic dysfunction in patients with early-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

S Liu, X Sun, Q Ren, Y Chen, T Dai, Y Yang, G Gong… - Brain, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recently, an astrocytic aquaporin 4-dependent drainage system, that is, the glymphatic
system, has been identified in the live murine and human brain. Growing evidence suggests …

Cognitive impairment across ALS clinical stages in a population-based cohort

A Chiò, C Moglia, A Canosa, U Manera, R Vasta… - Neurology, 2019 - neurology.org
Objective To assess the association of the degree of severity of motor impairment to that of
cognitive impairment in a large cohort of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …