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Weakness of the jaw closure muscles causes teh jaw to hang open or to drop. Patients have fatigue with chewing and may need to manually support the jaw. In ALS, jaw drop is rarely an early symptom. I may also be seen in Kennedy's disease.
Report created on February 11, 2012.