____, Made Famous by Baseball Player Lou Gehrig, Affects Motor

question 19

Multiple Choice

____, made famous by baseball player Lou Gehrig, affects motor function and balance, creates cranial nerve dysfunction, and eventually causes dementia from destruction of frontal lobe neurons in the brain.

• A) Poliomyelitis
• B) Parkinson's disease
• C) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• D) Multiple sclerosis

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Katz Index

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Montreal Cognitive Assessment

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