Complementary and alternative medicine for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a narrative review

Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rare neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by selective motor neuron cell death in the motor cortex, brainstem, and spinal cord. Two drugs for ALS, riluzole and edaravone, have been approved by FDA for the treatment of ALS patients. Howe...

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Main Authors: Mudan Cai, Eun Jin Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Integrative Medicine Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422019301301