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. 2014 Mar 24;9(3):e92944. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092944

Table 2. Clinical Characteristics of CBS patients.

CBS
Number of Patients 17
Male 7 (41.2%)
Age 64.4+/−6.6
Symptom Duration (months) 54.6+/−18.0
Hyperreflexia (% patients) 12 (70.6%)
Weakness (% patients) 1 (6.3%)
MRCSS Total (0–60) 59.8+/−1.0
Apraxia
- Oro-buccal Apraxia (0–3) 0.7+/−0.9
- Limb-Meaningful (0–6) 3.6+/−1.8
- Limb-Meaningless (0–6) 3.9+/−1.9
- Overall Apraxia Score (0–15) 7.8+/−3.9
ALSFRS-R
- Bulbar 10.7+/−1.4
- Fine Motor 5.7+/−3.4
- Gross Motor 8.5+/−2.9
- Respiratory 11.8+/−0.5
- Total 36.7+/−6.2
ACE-R
- Attention (18 points) 13.1+/−5.7
- Memory (26 points) 15.5+/−8.7
- Fluency (14 points) 5.4+/−4.3
- Language (26 points) 17.2+/−7.7
- Visuospatial (16 points) 9.2+/−5.1
- Total (100 points) 60.1+/−28.7
MMSE 19.7+/−9.3

CBS patients had marked functional impairment with reduced ALSFRS-R fine motor and gross motor sub-scores, despite normal limb power. CBS patients were at least moderately cognitively impaired, with deficits in multiple cognitive domains including visuospatial function. MRCSS  =  medical research council sum score, ALSFRS-R  =  amyotrophic lateral sclerosis functional rating score – revised, ACE-R  =  Addenbrooke's cognitive examination – Revised, MMSE  =  mini-mental status examination.