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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Des amyotrophies spinales chroniques.

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Progr. med., 2, 573-74. 1874 CE.

Charcot differentiated between the ordinary (Aran–Duchenne) type of muscular atrophy and the rarer amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, (ALS), at one time called “Charcot’s disease,” but more frequently designated today as Lou Gehrig's disease.

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Entry Number#4742
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/1326
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLdes-amyotrophies-spinales-chroniques