Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics

Patient	Age (Y)	Sex	ALS onset	ALS duration (months from diagnosis)	PEG (months from injection)	Tracheostomy (months from injection)
1	50	Male	Limb	18	8	10
2	59	Male	Bulbar	6	N/A	N/A
3	60	Female	Limb	18	N/A	N/A
4	35	Female	Limb	6	N/A	N/A
5	34	Female	Limb	10	N/A	N/A
6	57	Female	Limb	12	N/A	N/A
7	51	Male	Bulbar	6	N/A	N/A
8	54	Male	Bulbar	6	N/A	N/A
9	53	Male	Bulbar	30	N/A	N/A
10	57	Female	Limb	48	N/A	N/A
11	31	Male	Limb	12	N/A	N/A
12	42	Male	Limb	9	N/A	N/A
13	39	Male	Limb	24	4	4
14	24	Male	Limb	24	N/A	N/A

N/A; Not applicable, ALS; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and PEG; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy.