Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the patients

	Control	Epilepsy	Acquired demyelinating disorders of the CNS
Number of subjects	146	115	10
Number of tests	146	115	18
Male/Female	76/68	68/47	3/7
Age at test (years; mean ± SD)	9.4 ± 2.9	8.9 ± 6.2	8.1 ± 4.3
Age at 1st symptom onset (years; mean ± SD)	NA	5.8 ± 5.2	6.1 ± 4.0
Duration of disease (year; mean ± SD)	NA	3.1 ± 4.5	2.1 ± 2.9

CNS, central nervous system; SD, standard deviation; Inflammatory brain diseases include acute cerebellar ataxia, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (N = 8) and transverse myelitis