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Degenerative Diseases - Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease

Degenerative diseases are noninfectious disorders characterized by progressive disability in the patient. Patients often can live for years with their diseases. Although they may not die from degenerative diseases, patients' symptoms usually grow more disabling and they often succumb to common complications of their disorders.

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