Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

General Information (adopted from Orphanet):

Synonyms, Signs: ALS
Lou-Gehrig disease
Charcot disease
Number of Symptoms 14
OrphanetNr: 803
OMIM Id: 105400
205250
300857
606640
608030
608031
608627
611895
612069
612577
613435
613954
614696
614808
615426
615515
ICD-10: G12.2
UMLs: C0002736
MeSH: D000690
MedDRA: 10002026
Snomed: 86044005

Prevalence, inheritance and age of onset:

Prevalence: 5.2 of 100 000 [Orphanet]
Inheritance: Autosomal dominant
Autosomal recessive
Not applicable
[Orphanet]
Age of onset: Adult
[Orphanet]

Disease classification (adopted from Orphanet):

Parent Diseases: Motor neuron disease
 -Rare neurologic disease
Rare neurodegenerative disease
 -Rare neurologic disease

Symptom Information: Sort by abundance 

1
(HPO:0010535) Sleep apnea 24 / 7739
2
(HPO:0001257) Spasticity 251 / 7739
3
(HPO:0002398) Degeneration of anterior horn cells 14 / 7739
4
(HPO:0007024) Pseudobulbar paralysis 7 / 7739
5
(HPO:0001347) Hyperreflexia 363 / 7739
6
(HPO:0007354) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 25 / 7739
7
(HPO:0002380) Fasciculations 42 / 7739
8
(HPO:0001324) Muscle weakness 859 / 7739
9
(HPO:0003394) Muscle cramps 106 / 7739
10
(HPO:0003202) Skeletal muscle atrophy 281 / 7739
11
(HPO:0000007) Autosomal recessive inheritance 2538 / 7739
12
(HPO:0001425) Heterogeneous 132 / 7739
13
(HPO:0002314) Degeneration of the lateral corticospinal tracts 9 / 7739
14
(HPO:0000006) Autosomal dominant inheritance 2518 / 7739

Associated genes:

ClinVar (via SNiPA)

Gene symbol Variation Clinical significance Reference

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