Table.

Clinical characteristics of patients studied

Patient no.	Age, y/sex	Previous febrile seizures	Age at onset, y	MRI/pathology	Epileptic focus	Samples
MTLE patients
1	41/M	No	26	R MTS	RT	Lateral temporal lobe, hippocampus, parahippocampus
2	31/M	Yes	17	R MTS	RT	Lateral temporal lobe, hippocampus, PBMC
3	21/F	No	5–6	R MTS	RT	Lateral temporal lobe, hippocampus, PBMC
4	13/F	Yes	4	L MTS	LT	Lateral temporal lobe, hippocampus, PBMC
6	51/M	No	26	L MTS	LT	Lateral temporal lobe, hippocampus
7	19/F	No	11	R MTS	RT	Lateral temporal lobe, hippocampus, PBMC
11	32/F	Yes	<1	L MTS	LT	Lateral temporal lobe, hippocampus, PBMC
15	40/M	No	9	R MTS	RT	Lateral temporal lobe, hippocampus, PBMC
NE patients
5	6/F	No	5 mo	Cortical dysplasia	RF	Lateral frontal lobe, medial frontal lobe, PBMC
8	38/M	No	37	R temporal angioma	RT	Lateral temporal lobe, hippocampus, PBMC
9	14/M	No	8	Normal, rare abnormal neurons	RF	Frontal lobe, PBMC
10	40/M	No	39	Astrocytoma	RF	Lateral temporal lobe, hippocampus
12	13/M	No	<1	Porencephalic cyst	RT	Lateral temporal lobe, PBMC
13	55/F	No	53	R frontal astrocytoma	RF	Tumor frontal lobe, normal frontal lobe, PBMC
14	51/M	No	40	L temporal astrocytoma	LT	Lateral temporal lobe, PBMC

MTLE =mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; NE =neocortical epilepsy; MTS =mesial temporal sclerosis; RT =right temporal lobe; PBMC =peripheral blood mononuclear cells; LT =left temporal lobe; RF =right frontal lobe.