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Control groups consisted of physicians experienced in Myasthenia gravis (MG<\/jats:styled-content>) (n\u00a0<\/jats:italic>=\u00a0<\/jats:italic>21) and lung cancer (LC<\/jats:styled-content>) (n\u00a0<\/jats:italic>=\u00a0<\/jats:italic>36).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>In the dimension Agreeableness <\/jats:italic>ALS<\/jats:styled-content> patients were rated significantly higher than the other groups (p\u00a0<\/jats:italic><\u00a0<\/jats:italic>.001). This was mainly due to the high scores for converse adjective pairs \u201cstubborn\u2014compliant\u201d and \u201cselfish\u2014helpful\u201d.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Discussion<\/jats:title>The dimension Agreeableness<\/jats:italic> is very similar to \u201cniceness\u201d. Results support the anecdotal description of ALS<\/jats:styled-content> patients as \u201cnice\u201d persons. Personality characteristics of ALS<\/jats:styled-content> patients differentiate them from other patient groups. 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