amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Summary

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a designated intractable/rare disease^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.99% of designated_intractable_rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (185,609 views/month, #2 of 201).^[2]

Key Facts

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease^[3].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's instance of is recorded as rare disease^[4].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's instance of is recorded as class of disease^[5].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign^[6].
• Lou Gehrig is named after amyotrophic lateral sclerosis^[7].
• Jean-Martin Charcot is named after amyotrophic lateral sclerosis^[8].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a type of motor neuron disease^[9].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a type of TDP-43 Proteinopathies^[10].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a type of neurodegeneration^[11].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a type of monogenic disease^[12].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's Commons category is recorded as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis^[13].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's ICPC 2 ID is recorded as N99^[14].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's afflicts is recorded as motor neuron^[15].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis^[16].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's medical examination is recorded as Awaji Criteria^[17].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's external data available at URL is recorded as http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/52^[18].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's described by source is recorded as The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)^[19].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's topic has template is recorded as Template:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis^[20].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's nickname is recorded as Lou Gehrig's disease^[21].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 335.20^[22].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C34373^[23].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's short name is recorded as ELA^[24].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's short name is recorded as ALS^[25].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's health specialty is recorded as neurology^[26].
• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as riluzole^[27].

Why It Matters

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ranks in the top 0.99% of designated_intractable_rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (185,609 views/month, #2 of 201).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 151 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]