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Recognizes March 2013 as National Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month in Alabama

Multiple System Atrophy is a fatal neurological disease affecting approximately 15,000 diagnosed patients in the United States, with as many as 35,000 more patients misdiagnosed with other neurodegenerative disorders

Patients with Multiple System Atrophy progressively lose the ability to walk, talk, chew, swallow, and breathe over a few years, with no current cure available

Lack of public awareness has hindered research funding efforts, and increased awareness can support discovery of treatments and cures

Senate adopted the resolution on February 26, 2013, and the House adopted it on February 28, 2013