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ICD-10 G12.2 ICD-9 335.2 DiseasesDB 8358 MeSH D016472  The motor
neuron diseases (MND) are a group of neurological disorders that
selectively affect motor neurons, the cells that control
voluntary muscle activity including speaking, walking,
swallowing, and general movement of the body. They are generally
progressive in nature, and cause increasingly debilitating
disability and, eventually, death.   Terms used to describe the
motor neuron diseases can be confusing. In the United Kingdom,
motor neurone disease (sometimes spelt as motor neuron disease)
refers both to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and to the broader
spectrum of related motor neuron disorders that includes
progressive muscular atrophy, primary lateral sclerosis, and
progressive bulbar palsy. In the United States, amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS) is commonly us