See Also: lateral spinal sclerosis(medicine)
posterior spinal sclerosis(medicine)
lateral mammary branches of lateral cutaneous branches of thoracic spinal nerves(medicine)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7(health)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3(health)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1(health)
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)(encyclopedia)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 2(health)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4(health)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5(health)

lateral spinal sclerosis (medicine)


lateral spinal sclerosis -->
primary lateral sclerosis


Considered by many to be a subgroup of motor neuron disease; a slowly progressive degenerative disorder of the motor neurons of the cerebral cortex, resulting in widespread weakness on an upper motor neuron basis; spasticity, hyperreflexia, and Babinski signs are present, but not fasciculation potentials, nor any electrodiagnostic evidence of a lower motor neuron lesion.

Synonym: lateral spinal sclerosis.