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Table 1 Clinical data of the n = 8 controls and n = 33 ALS cases studied

From: Patterns of synaptic loss in human amyotrophic lateral sclerosis spinal cord: a clinicopathological study

ALS stage

Case number

Age at death (years)

Gender

Disease duration (years)

Clinical onset

Anatomical region of the spinal cord

Controls

0

1

93

M

0

0

L

0

2

75

F

0

0

L

0

3

69

F

0

0

L

0

4

79

M

0

0

L, T

0

5

73

F

0

0

C

0

6

73

F

0

0

T

0

7

84

F

0

0

T

0

8

75

M

0

0

T

ALS

1

9

48

M

0.9

UE

L, C, T

1

10

69

M

1.9

LE

L, C, T

1

11

51

M

NA

NA

C, T

2

12

60

M

2

UE

L, C, T

2

13

64

F

2.3

UE

L, C, T

2

14

62

F

3.3

LE

L, C, T

2

15

64

M

1.8

LE

L, C, T

2

16

53

M

3.3

LE

L, C, T

2

17

42

F

2.3

LE

L, C, T

2

18

56

M

1.9

LE

L, C, T

2

19

80

M

NA

NA

L

2

20

56

F

NA

NA

C, T

2

21

NA

NA

NA

NA

C, T

2

22

NA

NA

NA

NA

T

3

23

43

F

3.9

LE

C

3

24

79

F

2.3

B

L, C, T

3

25

74

F

3.6

LE

L, C, T

3

26

70

M

4.4

UE

L, C, T

3

27

71

M

2.2

UE

L, C, T

3

28

66

F

NA

NA

L, T

3

29

46

M

NA

NA

L, T

4

30

63

F

NA

B

L, C, T

4

31

67

F

1.1

UE

L, C, T

4

32

82

M

1.5

LE

L, C, T

4

33

75

M

1.2

B

L, C, T

4

34

60

M

1

UE

L, C, T

4

35

67

M

NA

NA

L, C

5

36

67

M

5.9

UE

L, C, T

5

37

60

F

4.6

LE

L, C, T

5

38

81

M

14.3

UE

L, C, T

NA

39

77

M

0.3

B

L, C

NA

40

39

F

1

LE

L, C, T

NA

41

NA

F

NA

NA

L, C, T

  1. F/M female/male, UE upper extremity (cervical), LE Lower extremity (lumbar), B Bulbar, NA Not available, L lumbar, C cervical, T Thoracic