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Eye-Tracking Control to Assess Cognitive Functions in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Published on: October 13, 2016
[Jean-Martin Charcot, discovery and nomenclature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]
1Department of Medical History, School of Basic Medicine Sciences, Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150086, China.
Abstract:
In the 19th century, neurologists discovered a series of diseases characterized by limb weakness and muscle atrophy, but it was not certain whether they were variants of the same disease or completely different diseases. In 1869, Jean-Martin Charcot first diagnosed the disease, and began to use the term "amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" in 1874. The disease is also known as "Lou Gehrig's disease" in the United States, "Charcot's disease" in France, and "Motor Neuron Disease (MND)" in UK. In China, it is commonly known as "Jian-Dong Ren disease" .
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