Second, major neurological problems should be excluded.
Tests carried out at an early age will only uncover major neurological problems and psychometric tests carried out in young children are poor at predicting later outcome.
The assessment of comorbidities included nine specific conditions: hypertension, myocardial infarction, lower extremity arterial disease, major neurological problems, diabetes, gastrointestinal disease, chronic respiratory disease, kidney disease, and poor vision.
On the other hand, the data did look promising, an extensive portfolio of literature had been built up through government funding, the IP was extensive and well managed, the technology was a novel approach to treating major neurological problems--and a lot can be accomplished through indefatigable determination.
In our small but population-based study, all children exposed to valproate had minor, and some of them major, cognitive or neurological problems.
A group of children involved in the study as the controls were recruited from the general community, and didn't have any major physical diseases, neurological problems, or psychiatric illnesses.
4 Individuals were excluded if they: 1) had any musculoskeletal or joint problems, major neurological, cardiac, or cerebrovascular diseases, or other medical diseases associated with cognition and physical performance; 2) were unable to make a 12-week commitment during the study period; or 3) were participating in any regular physical activities or exercise programs.
Noninvasive intracranial pressure (ICP) measurement would represent a major advance for patients with neurological problems.
Recently, however, research has started to focus more on the subtle problems of children without major neurological deficits [ 8, 23, 32, 35, 43, 44, 46].
Subjects with severe or unstable medical or neurological problems, illiterate, other primary psychiatric disorders including major depression, or ongoing participation in a clinical trial were excluded.
One of our captains left last year with neurological problems.
