Table 1.

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

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

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