Syntactic Comprehension in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Table 3

The distribution of patients according to the initial symptoms and the results of STA, FAB, and RCPM.

Group	Initial symptoms
	Upper limb	Lower limb	Bulbar
A (STA+, FAB+, RCPM+)	4	3	0
B (STA−, FAB+, RCPM+)	2	1	6
C (STA−, FAB−, RCPM+)	0	0	3
D (STA−, FAB−, RCPM−)	4	0	2

STA: Syntax Test for Aphasia; FAB: Frontal Assessment Battery; RCPM: Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices; +: pass, −: failure.