Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

ALS is not a curable disease but it is a treatable one. Although theiagnosis of ALS can initially be devastating, the vast majority of peopleiscover new courage from within to battle this disease. The information inhis book will prove useful to people with ALS and their families, both inanaging the disease and living with it.

Dr. Robert G. Miller is Director of the Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and Clinical Professor of Neurology in the Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco Dr. Deborah Gelinas is Clinical Director of the Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center Patricia O'Connor, RN is the nurse case manager and coordinator of the Multidisciplinary Clinic at the Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center in San Francisco, CA