DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia
A Characteristic symptoms: Two or more of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a one-month period:
* delusions
* hallucinations
* disorganised speech (eg, frequent derailment or incoherence)
* grossly disorganised or catatonic behaviour
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Here are the categories for Mental Retardation :
1. Profound deficiency
IQ below 25.
Incapable of self care.
2. Severe deficiency
IQ 25 – 39
Incapable of living independently.
Untrainable.
3. Moderate deficiency
IQ 40 – 54
Trainable to some extent.
4. Mild deficiency
Trainable and to some extent, educable.

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CP is characterized by :
- Aberant control of movement or posture, appearing early in life.
- Secondary to a CNS lesion or dysfunction.
- Not the result of progressive or degenerative brain disease.
In addition to motor deficit, they may suffer from other manifestation of central dysfunction :
- MR, learning disability.
- Hearing or vision loss.
- Emotional problem.
- The [...]

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Thalassemia is an inherited autosomal recessive blood disease. the genetic defect results in reduced rate of synthesis of one of the globin chains that make up hemoglobin. Reduced synthesis of one of the globin chains can cause the formation of abnormal hemoglobin molecules, thus causing anemia.
The thalassemias are classified according to which chain of the [...]

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There are 3 categories of pathological processes which cause critical increases in intracranial pressure :
1. Disorders which cause diffuse brain edema.
2. Expanding mass lesions of the supra or subtentorial compartment.
3. Hydrocephalus resulting from increased production of CSF or from obstruction of the flow or absorption of CSF.
Edema may accompany disorders in the other 2 categories [...]

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I like the title of this post. It is a good question. What is the real reason that you work out each day? To be healthy or to lose weight? In my opinion, you can do both.
There is a good fitness blog . In there you will get much useful information. Useful information are [...]

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A great body is a dream of many people. People want to have a sexy-great body which will make many people jealous when they look that body. Have you lose belly fat ? If no, then read this article ‘till done.
If you have a healthy body, then you will not tire that easily and [...]

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Attention has already been drawn to the two major categories of
deafness—conductive and sensorineural. The distinction is easily made by tuning fork tests, which should never be omitted.
CAUSES
There is no strict order in the list, because the frequency with which various causes of deafness occur varies from one community
to another and from one age group to [...]

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes chronic inflammation of the joints. Rheumatoid arthritis can also cause inflammation of the tissue around the joints, as well as in other organs in the body.
Autoimmune diseases are illnesses that occur when the body’s tissues are mistakenly attacked by their own immune system. The immune [...]

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Pathogenesis :
1. Progressive injury
2. Hyper filtration injury
3. Proteinuria
4. Hyperphosphatemia
5. Hyperlipidemia
Classification :
1. Mild chronic renal insufficiency : GFR 50-75 mL/min/1.73 m2
2. Moderate chronic renal insufficiency : GFR 25-50 mL/min/1.73 m2
3. Chronic renal failure : GFR 10-25 mL/min/1.73 m2
4. End stage renal disease : GFR < 10 mL/min/1.73 m2
Clinical manifestations :
–> The clinical presentation of CRF is quite varied [...]

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