Managing patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

S Sathasivam - European journal of internal medicine, 2009 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common rapidly progressive adult-onset
neurodegenerative disorder. There have been great advances in the management of …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PM Andersen, GD Borasio, R Dengler… - European Handbook …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background Despite being one of the most devastating diseases known, there is little
evidence for diagnosing and managing patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) …

Supportive and symptomatic management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

EV Hobson, CJ McDermott - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2016 - nature.com
The main aims in the care of individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are to
minimize morbidity and maximize quality of life. Although no cure exists for ALS, supportive …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

R Malik, A Lui, C Lomen-Hoerth - Seminars in neurology, 2014 - thieme-connect.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting
20,000 to 30,000 people in the United States. The mainstay of care of patients affected by …

Management strategies for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from diagnosis through death

Z Simmons - The neurologist, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neuromuscular disorder
that is inevitably fatal. There are no effective treatments to stop or reverse the natural course …

Comprehensive management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

GT Carter, RG Miller - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation …, 1998 - pmr.theclinics.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly progressive motor neuron disease that poses
a myriad of clinical problems Patients with ALS are best treated in a multidisciplinary setting …

Disease-modifying and symptomatic treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J Dorst, AC Ludolph, A Huebers - Therapeutic advances in …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In this review, we summarize the most important recent developments in the treatment of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In terms of disease-modifying treatment options, several …

[HTML][HTML] Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): three letters that change the people's life. For ever

ASB Oliveira, RDB Pereira - Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease affecting the motor
nervous system. It causes progressive and cumulative physical disabilities in patients, and …

[HTML][HTML] Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an update for 2013 clinical features, pathophysiology, management and therapeutic trials

PH Gordon - Aging and disease, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), first described by Jean-Martin Charcot in the 1870s, is
an age-related disorder that leads to degeneration of motor neurons. The disease begins …

Symptom-based management of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

N Galvez-Jimenez - UpToDate. Shefner JM, Targoff IN, Morrison RS …, 2008 - uptodate.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that causes
muscle weakness, disability, and eventually death, with a median survival of three to five …