amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

rare neurodegenerative disease with amyotrophy and progressive paralysis
MedicalCondition designated_intractable_rare_disease Q206901
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Summary

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 0.99% of designated_intractable_rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,184 views/month, #2 of 201).[2]

Key Facts

  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's image is recorded as ALS Coronal.jpg[3].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease[4].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's instance of is recorded as rare disease[5].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's instance of is recorded as class of disease[6].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign[7].
  • Lou Gehrig is named after amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[8].
  • Jean-Martin Charcot is named after amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[9].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85004728[10].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12110754p[11].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's subclass of is recorded as motor neuron disease[12].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's subclass of is recorded as TDP-43 Proteinopathies[13].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's subclass of is recorded as neurodegeneration[14].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's subclass of is recorded as monogenic disease[15].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's subclass of is recorded as disease[16].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 01127913[17].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's Commons category is recorded as Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[18].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q33810 (ori)-Psubhashish-ଆମାୟୋଟ୍ରୋଫିକ୍ ଲାଟେରାଲ ସ୍କ୍ଲେରୋସିସ୍.wav[19].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D000690[20].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's OMIM ID is recorded as 105400[21].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's ICD-9 ID is recorded as 335.20[22].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 36605[23].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's DiseasesDB is recorded as 29148[24].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's MedlinePlus ID is recorded as 000688[25].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017s1k[26].
  • amyotrophic lateral sclerosis's KEGG ID is recorded as H00058[27].

Why It Matters

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ranks in the top 0.99% of designated_intractable_rare_disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,184 views/month, #2 of 201).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 122 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . mhlw.go.jp. Retrieved . mhlw.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Neuregulin 1 confers neuroprotection in SOD1-linked amyotrophic lateral sclerosis mice via restoration of C-boutons of spinal motor neurons.. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . lingualibre.org. lingualibre.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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