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"When the cause is unknown, a condition is said to be idiopathic." True or False (T/F)

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The quote is true. Idiopathic conditions are diseases, disorders, signs, and symptoms with no known etiology, or cause. Speculation about the cause of these conditions does take place, but, the entire reason they are deemed this title is the theorizing yields no result.

An example of such is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a condition in which the motor neurons responsible for voluntary muscle control die off causing muscle weakness and spasms, before progressing to urinary and bowel incontinence. In the vast majority of cases, the cause of ALS is unknown, or idiopathic.

The given statement is true.

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