Table 1.

Characteristics of patient groups and controls. * Detailed demographic and clinical data are summarized in Table S2. ** Less-well-defined neuroinflammatory diseases were from n = 1 patient HLH in remission (age 1), from n = 1 patient with hydrocephalus (NPH, age 65), n = 1 patient with varicella zoster virus (VZV) meningitis (age 74), n = 2 patients with facial palsy (age 49 and 66), n = 1 patient with newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis (MS, age 15), n = 1 patient with dissociative disorder (age 29), and n = 1 patient with major hemorrhage following surgical resection for Glioblastoma °IV (age 63).

Group	ICD-10 Class	Total	Male	Female	Mean Age (Range)
Non-neuroinflammatory controls * (Ctrl)	n. a. *	n = 5	n = 2	n = 3	60 (53–70)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage * (SAH)	I60	n = 5	n = 3	n = 2	52 (40–68)
Affective spectrum disorder (AF)	F30-F33	n = 11	n = 5	n = 6	40 (28–57)
Schizophrenic spectrum disorder (SZ)	F20-F25	n = 6	n = 3	n = 3	47 (23–64)
Other neuroinflammatory diseases *,**	Multiple diagnoses *	n = 9	n = 3	n = 6	39 (1–75)