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What are people with als missing that causes the motor neurons to shrink?
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ALS: Nothing is known to be missing. Rather the nerves (motor neurons) just start dying. It is a degenerative process.
Answered 5/9/2013
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Don't know cause: But 10% of all pts with ALS, have a familial form where 25% of these folks show mutations in the gene encoding copper/zinc superoxide dismutase.
Answered 10/26/2014
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