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Is als hereditary?
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Can be: Fals - familial is rare, less than 10%. 90% are sporadic sals with unknown cause. There are some generic tests available.
Answered 6/11/2014
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Occasionally: 10% of all ALS cases can be labeled as familial, and 25% of these have genetic encoding issues with copper/zinc superoxide dismutase. 90% of all cases are clearly sporadic of unknown causation.
Answered 9/20/2014
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