Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the ten patients with ALS

No.	Age at baseline (years)	Gender	Onset type	Disease duration (months)	Diagnosis level	ALSFRS-R score
						Baseline	6 months later
1	51	Male	Limbs	10	Laboratory supported	43	40
2	46	Male	Bulbar	10	Laboratory supported	44	38
3	44	Female	Limbs	16	Laboratory supported	40	38
4	37	Male	Limbs	12	Clinically probable	42	35
5	50	Male	Limbs	9	Clinically probable	47	41
6	52	Female	Limbs	8	Clinically probable	45	39
7	47	Female	Limbs	13	Clinically definite	39	37
8	32	Male	Limbs	16	Laboratory supported	45	40
9	65	Female	Bulbar	9	Clinically probable	44	38
10	55	Male	Bulbar	20	Clinically probable	44	39

ALSFRS-R: The revised ALS functional rating scale; ALS: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.