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Accession information: Vol. 8; Issue 11; 24 May 2006 Abstract
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Overview diagram summarising some of the theories of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pathogenesis

Emily F. Goodall and Karen E. Morrison

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Figure 3. Overview diagram summarising some of the theories of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pathogenesis. It is likely that different mechanisms act in different patients, with both genetic and exogenous factors being important. The final mechanism of motor neuron death in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is likely to be via a process resembling apopotosis.

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