Primary lateral sclerosis

Introduction: Primary lateral sclerosis

Description of Primary lateral sclerosis

Primary lateral sclerosis (medical condition): A neurological disorder involving the upper motor nerves and...more »

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Primary lateral sclerosis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Primary lateral sclerosis:

• Primary
• Primary disease
• Lateral
• Sclerosis
• Motor
• Motor problems
• Neuron
• Progressive
• Progressive symptoms

Primary lateral sclerosis: Rare Disease

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Primary lateral sclerosis as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Primary lateral sclerosis as a Disease

Primary lateral sclerosis (medical condition): See Primary Lateral Sclerosis (disease information).
  »Introduction: Primary Lateral Sclerosis
  »Symptoms of Primary Lateral Sclerosis
  »Treatments for Primary Lateral Sclerosis

Primary lateral sclerosis: Related Diseases

Primary lateral sclerosis: Primary lateral sclerosis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Degenerative conditions
• Neuromuscular conditions
• Muscle conditions
• Movement conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Brain conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions

Primary lateral sclerosis: Article Excerpts

Primary lateral sclerosis is a rare neuromuscular disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness in the... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Primary Lateral Sclerosis Information Page: NINDS)

Primary lateral sclerosis is a rare neuromuscular disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness in the... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Primary Lateral Sclerosis Information Page: NINDS)

More information on medical condition: Primary Lateral Sclerosis:

• Information about Primary Lateral Sclerosis
• Basic Summary for Primary Lateral Sclerosis
• Symptoms of Primary Lateral Sclerosis
• Misdiagnosis of Primary Lateral Sclerosis
• Treatments for Primary Lateral Sclerosis

Primary lateral sclerosis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Primary lateral sclerosis:

• neuromuscular disaes
• motor neuron diseases
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• spasticity
• foot drag
• baclofen

Terms associated with Primary lateral sclerosis:

The following terms can be used for Primary lateral sclerosis

• degenerative motor system disease

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Primary lateral sclerosis

The following list attempts to classify Primary lateral sclerosis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Motor neuron disease
• Anterior horn cell disease, unspecified
• HEREDITARY AND DEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
• DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND SENSE ORGANS
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Primary lateral sclerosis

• eMedicine - Primary Lateral Sclerosis : Article by Carmel Armon, MD, MSc, MHS

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