Tract integrity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: 6–month evaluation using MR diffusion tensor imaging

BMC Medical Imaging

Table 3 Clinical features of ALS patients

Subjects	Age	Gender	Handedness	El Escorial category	Phenotype^a	Site of Onset^b	Riluzole	Disease duration (months)^c
1	57	Male	Right	Definite	classic	RLL	Y	15
2	68	Male	Right	Definite	classic	LUL	N	27
3	74	Male	Right	Definite	atypical	RUL	N	48
4	63	Female	Left	Definite	classic	LLL	–	65
5	41	Male	Right	Definite	classic	RUL	Y	22
6	65	Female	Right	Definite	classic	LUL	N	17
7	51	Male	Right	Definite	slow progression	LL (Bilateral)	N	68
8	47	Male	Mixed	Definite	flail	LLL	Y	30
9	57	Male	Right	Definite	flail	LUL	Y	28
10	71	Male	Right	Definite	flail	RLL	Y	19
11	28	Female	Right	Definite	UMN	LUL	Y	13
12	54	Female	Right	Definite	slow progression	LUL	N	2.8
13	66	Female	Right	Definite	classic	RLL	Y	6
14	63	Male	Right	Definite	classic	RUL	N	8
15	60	Female	Right	Definite	classic	LLL	–	31
16	71	Male	Right	Definite	classic	RUL	N	112
17	52	Male	Right	Definite	atypical	LUL	Y	11
18	68	Male	Right	Definite	slow progression	LLL	N	14
19	60	Male	Right	Definite	classic	Bulbar	N	26
20	53	Male	Right	Definite	UMN	LL	Y	27
21	59	Male	Left	Definite	classic	RLL	N	11
22	60	Female	Left	Definite	classic	LLL	N	24
23	71	Male	Right	Definite	classic	Bulbar	N	16

^aPhenotype as described by Chio et al. 2011 [21]. Those patients with long survival hasve been designated as atypical
^bRUL: right upper limb, RLL: right lower limb, LUL: left upper limb, LLL: left lower limb, LL: lower limb
^cdisease duration is taken from the time of onset of symptoms until the time of the first scan

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