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Table 1 Characteristics of patients diagnosed with epilepsy

From: GAD65 autoantibody characteristics in patients with co-occurring type 1 diabetes and epilepsy may help identify underlying epilepsy etiologies

Patient #

Other Autoimmune disorder

Age at study (years)

Sex

Response to anti-epileptic drug (AED) treatment

GAD65Ab Titer (U/ml)

1

T1D, MS-like disorder

57

Female

Refractory

2 × 104

2

Celiac disease

43

Female

Refractory

4 × 105

3

None

52

Female

Refractory

2 × 104

4

Thyroiditis

36

Female

Refractory

1 × 106

5

None

72

Female

Refractory

1 × 102

6

None

48

Female

Refractory

4 × 102

7

None

84

Female

Refractory

1 × 105

8

None

29

Female

Refractory

4 × 102

9

None

81

Male

Refractory

3 × 105

10

Hashimoto’s, Alopecia Areata

unknown

Female

Refractory

4 × 105

11

None

unknown

Female

Refractory

9 × 104

12

Graves’ disease

unknown

Female

Refractory

2 × 104

13

T1D

66

NA

Responsive

2 × 107

14

T1D

45

NA

Refractory

2 × 107

15

T1D

6

NA

No medication

1 × 103

16

T1D

16

NA

Responsive

9 × 103

17

None

37

Female

NA

5 × 103

18

None

38

Female

NA

8 × 105

19

None

32

Female

NA

6 × 105

20

None

47

Female

NA

8 × 105

21

None

63

Female

NA

5 × 102

22

None

81

Male

Responsive

6 × 102

23

None

54

Male

Refractory

6 × 102

24

None

13

Female

NA

1 × 103

25

None

4

Female

NA

3 × 103

26

None

22

Female

Refractory

2 × 103

27

None

62

Male

NA

3 × 103

28

None

67

Male

NA

3 × 103

29

None

68

Male

NA

2 × 103

30

None

73

Male

NA

2 × 104

31

None

43

Female

NA

8 × 104

32

None

30

Female

Refractory

2 × 105

33*

T1D

78

Female

NA

2 × 103

34*

T1D

47

Female

NA

2 × 103

35*

T1D

53

Female

Refractory

6 × 103

36*

T1D

35

Female

NA

2 × 104

37*

T1D

22

Female

Refractory

3 × 106

  1. Patients with both T1D and epilepsy are indicated with an asterisk