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Neuromuscular Diseases

• Neuromuscular Diseases
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
• Diabetic Neuropathy
• Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Myopathy
• Neuropathy
• Peripheral Nerve Disorders

The broad category of neuromuscular disorders includes conditions that affect

• sensory and autonomic nerves or their supportive structures
• components of a motor unit (motor neuron cells of
  • the spinal cord
  • nerve
  • neuromuscular junction, and
  • muscle fibers

Neuromuscular diseases, which cause pain, weakness, numbness, and other symptoms, include such conditions as:

• Neuropathy
• Diabetic neuropathy
• Myopathy
• ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
• Myasthenia gravis
• Guillain Barre syndrome

This page was last updated on 09/14/04.