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An initial registration clinical report form (CRF) and subsequent ongoing assessment CRFs were submitted with a completion CRF at the time of death.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prospective observational cohort study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>1834 patients with a diagnosis of ALS\/MND were registered and followed in ALS\/MND clinics between 2005 and 2015.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>5 major clinical phenotypes were determined and included ALS bulbar onset, ALS cervical onset and ALS lumbar onset, flail arm and leg and primary lateral sclerosis (PLS). Of the 1834 registered patients, 1677 (90%) could be allocated a clinical phenotype. ALS bulbar onset had a significantly lower length of survival when compared with all other clinical phenotypes (p&lt;0.004). There were delays in the median time to diagnosis of up to 12\u2005months for the ALS phenotypes, 18\u2005months for the flail limb phenotypes and 19\u2005months for PLS. Riluzole treatment was started in 78\u201385% of cases. The median delays in initiating riluzole therapy, from symptom onset, varied from 10 to 12\u2005months in the ALS phenotypes and 15\u201318\u2005months in the flail limb phenotypes. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy was implemented in 8\u201336% of ALS phenotypes and 2\u20139% of the flail phenotypes. 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