{"id":11806,"date":"2021-09-28T18:18:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T22:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/?page_id=11806"},"modified":"2025-03-06T12:08:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T17:08:57","slug":"the-unc-als-clinic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/divisions\/nmd\/services\/the-unc-als-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"ºÚÁÏÍø Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Clinic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mission\n <\/h1>The ºÚÁÏÍø ALS Clinic’s mission is to support our patients and their families through the difficulties of ALS, with a compassionate team that is there at every step along the way to provide multispecialty care and support.<\/div><\/div>\n

ALS is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting the motor neurons in the spinal cord, and their connections upwards towards the brain and downwards towards the muscles. Most patients have a sporadic form of the disease, meaning the cause or causes of the disease are unknown. However, we frequently discover distinctive genetic variants. Inevitably, this disorder leads to loss of function and independence over periods varying between months to years.<\/p>\n

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