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    • RE (n = 26) Non-RE (n = 20)
      Gender (female) 10 (38.5%) 12 (60%)
      Preceding infection 14 (53.8%) 3 (6%)
      Mean age at seizure onset (years) 5.8 8.6
      Mean age at surgery (years) 7.5 14.8
      Side of resection (left) 11(42.3%) 13 (65%)
      Surgical method
      FH 15 (46.2%) 0
      AH 2 (15.4%) 0
      Disconnection 9 (26.9%) 0
      Lobectomy 0 20 (100%)
      Note: FH: functional hemispherectomy; AH: anatomic hemispherectomy

      Table 1.  Clinical characteristics of patients with and without RE

    • IHC ISH
      RE (n = 26) Non-RE (n = 20) RE (n = 26) Non-RE (n = 20)
      Positive 23 (88.5%) 2 (10%) 18 (69.2%) 0
      Strong 9 (34.6%) 0 8 (30.8%) 0
      Moderate 9 (34.6%) 0 6 (23.1%) 0
      Weak 5 (19.2%) 2 (10%) 4 (15.4%) 0
      Negative 3 (11.5%) 18 (90%) 8 (30.8%) 20 (100%)

      Table 2.  Summary of IHC and ISH data for brain tissues of patients with and without RE

    • Cases IHC (positive) IHC (negative) Total
      ISH (positive) 18 0 18
      ISH (negative) 5 3 8
      Total 23 3 26

      Table 3.  Comparison of IHC versus ISH results in this study