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Summary Literature (0)
DOID:332 - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis


Disease Ontology Definition:A motor neuron disease that is characterized by muscle spasticity, rapidly progressive weakness due to muscle atrophy, difficulty in speaking, swallowing, and breathing.

Synonyms: ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease, motor neuron disease, bulbar

Xenbase Genes : pon2, prph, hnrnpa1, fus, erbb4, nefh, als2, optn, chmp2b, tbk1, anxa11, ccnf, setx, vcp, cfap410, [+]

Mondo Disease Ontology (on Monarch Initiative):
MONDO:0004976 - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis


Other Model Organisms: Alliance, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s): monogenic disease (is_a), motor neuron disease (is_a)