Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Associate Professor of Neurology

Clinical Neurological Sciences

London Health Sciences Centre

London

Ontario

Canada

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CS has received honoraria from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Canada for participating in scientific medical advisory boards and for presenting at ALS CME events. She has also received stipends for consultancy work for Biogen. She is the chair of the CALS (Canadian ALS Research Network) and in that capacity sits on the scientific medical advisory board for ALS Canada. She is the site PI for several multicenter clinical trials, including trials sponsored by Mitsubishi Tanabe, AL-S Pharma, Sanofi, Calico, and Cytokintetics. CS is an author of references cited in this topic.

Dr Christen Shoesmith would like to gratefully acknowledge Professor Christopher J. McDermott, Dr Laura Simionescu, and Dr Jeremy Shefner, previous contributors to this topic.

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CJM received fees for membership of data monitoring committees from Orion Pharma and Orphazyme. LS and JS declare that they have no competing interests.

Associate Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Boston

MA

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WSD declares that he has no competing interests.

Associate Professor of Neurology

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

PA

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LM declares that he has no competing interests.

MRC/MNDA Lady Edith Wolfson Clinician Scientist & Honorary Consultant Neurologist

Oxford University Department of Clinical Neurology

John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford

UK

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MRT is a co-author of "Motor Neuron Disease – A Practical Manual" (Oxford University Press, 2010), which is a summary of his own understanding and practice, and which strongly influenced the recommendations for revision of the current article. He receives a proportion of royalties derived from sales of this book.