Degenerative disease – Some Examples of Degenerative Diseases

* Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), e.g., Lou Gehrig's Disease. * Alzheimer's disease. * Parkinson's Disease. * Multiple system atrophy. * Niemann Pick disease. * Atherosclerosis. * Progressive supranuclear palsy.

* Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), e.g., Lou Gehrig's Disease

* Alzheimer's disease

* Parkinson's Disease

* Multiple system atrophy

* Niemann Pick disease

* Atherosclerosis

* Progressive supranuclear palsy

* Cancer

* Tay-Sachs Disease

* Diabetes

* Heart Disease

* Keratoconus

* Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)

* Prostatitis

* Osteoarthritis

* Osteoporosis

* Rheumatoid Arthritis

* Huntington's Disease

* Chronic traumatic encephalopathy


Adapted from the Wikipedia article Degenerative disease, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki








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