title: Motor neurone disease.
abstract: Essential facts Motor neurone disease describes a group of related diseases, affecting the neurones in the brain and spinal cord. Progressive, incurable and life-limiting, MND is rare, with about 1,100 people developing it each year in the UK and up to 5,000 people affected at any one time. One third of people will die within a year of diagnosis and more than half within two years. About 5% to 10% are alive at ten years.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016472:Motor Neuron Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D012307:Risk Factors; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology