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Table 1 Patient background characteristics

From: Histopathological characteristics of cervical extensor tissue in patients with dropped head syndrome

 

Sex

Age

Diagnosis

LTSD

LTSB

Method of biopsy

Biopsied tissue

1

F

80

INEM

6 M

1Y3M

Open

CET

2

F

63

RA

6 M

1Y6M

Open

NL

3

F

72

PD

6 M

5Y8M

Open

NL

4

F

59

UC

1 D

11 M

Open

CET

5

F

78

INEM

1 M

1Y5M

Needle

CET

6

M

86

INEM

3 D

10 M

Needle

NL

7

F

81

INEM

1 W

2 M

Needle

CET

8

F

55

INEM

1 D

2Y8M

Open

CET

9

F

61

Lymphoma

6 M

7 M

Needle

CET

10

F

75

INEM

1 D

2 W

Needle

CET

11

F

56

INEM

1 D

1 W

Needle

CET

12

F

72

INEM

2 D

12 M

Needle

CET

13

F

55

Schizophrenia

1 D

1 M

Needle

NL

14

F

84

INEM

7 M

1Y3M

Open

NL

15

F

77

INEM

3 D

1 M

Needle

CET

  1. LTSD the lag time between the onset of symptoms and the diagnosis, LTSB the lag time between the onset of symptoms and the performance of a biopsy, M male, F female, D day, W week, M month, Y year, INEM isolated neck extensor myopathy, RA rheumatoid arthritis, PD Parkinson’s disease, UC uterine carcinoma, CET cervical extensor tissue, NL nuchal ligament