Table 1.

Patient Demographics and MRI Characteristics

Case #	Age/Gender/Ethnicity	Disease Duration (yrs)	Spinal Cord Level	Spinal Cord Enhancement Pattern	Brain MRI enhancement	EDSS	MSSS
1	44/F/C	1	C4	Mult, D, OI	+, ring	6.5	9.84
2	35/M/C	<1	C2-3	S, L, OO	+, round	2.0	N/A*
3	28/F/C	3	C4	S, D, OO	+, punctate	N/A	N/A
4	48/M/C	2	C1-2	S, AL, OO	-	2.5	6.46
5	25/F/AA	1	C3-7	S, L, OO	+, ring	6.5	9.84
6	35/F/AA	<1	C3-4	S, L, OO	+, punctate	2.0	N/A*
7	28/F/C	4	C3-5	Mult, AL, OO	-	2.5	5.41
8	44/F/C	5	C5	S, L, OO	+, ring	3.0	5.79
9	42/F/C	21	C4-5, T1	Mult, DL, OI	-	N/A	N/A
10	37/F/AA	8	C4	S, L, OO	+, ring	3.0	4.57
11	62/F/AA	5	T3	S, L, OO	+, punctate	7.0	9.60
12	31/F/C	3	C4-5, T2	Mult, DL, OO	+, round	2.5	6.00
13	35/F/C	<1	T10	S, L, closed	-	2.0	N/A*
14	32/F/C	<1	C4-5	S, D, OO	-, round	1.0	N/A*
15	27/M/AA	1	C1,C4,C7	Mult, D, OI	+, ring	3.5	8.64
16	46/M/C	5	C1, C3, C5	Mult, DL, OO	+, ring	3.0	5.79
17	47/M/C	7	C2	S, L, OI	+, ring	3.0	4.96
18	21/F/C	1	C2-3	Mult, A, OI	-	3.5	8.64
19	32/F/AA	<1	C3, C4-5	Mult, D, OI	-	3.5	N/A*
20	40/F/C	5	T3-5	Mult, D, OI	+, ring	6.0	8.83
Median	35	3.5				3.0	6.46

EDSS = Expanded Disability Status Scale; MSSS = Multiple Sclerosis Severity Score; M = male; F = female; C = Caucasian; AA = African-American; Mult = Multiple; S = Single; D= Dorsal; L = Lateral; A = Anterior; DL = Dorsolateral; AL = Anterolateral; N/A = not available;

^*MSSS unreliable in first year of disease