Lou Gehrigs disease

A detailed Summary of Lou Gehrigs disease


This is most commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Loe Gehrig was a famous baseball player, and his case made it a known disease that received national attention. A study was done in 1991, and familial ALS was found on chromosome 21. Later discoveries pinpointed a mutation in the gene that codes for an enzyme, superoxide dismutase (SOD), as responsible for a percentage of familial cases. These defects do not appear to be present in the more common nonfamilial, or "sporadic," form of the disease. In



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Loe Gehrig, Lou Gehrig's, Lateral Sclerosis,

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