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Motor neurone disease

Date: January 2019

Definition:

A definite diagnosis of one of the following motor neurone diseases by a Consultant Neurologist:

  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS);
  • primary lateral sclerosis (PLS);
  • progressive bulbar palsy (PBP);
  • progressive muscular atrophy (PMA).

There must also be permanent clinical impairment of motor function.

Last updated December 2015

 

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