Sentence examples for obligatory criterion from inspiring English sources

Universally accepted operational diagnostic criteria for HC are contained in the ICHD-II and include, as an obligatory criterion, an absolute response to therapeutic doses of indomethacin.

The obligatory criterion, as for the other secondary headaches, is the improvement or resolution of headache after relief from the causative disorder, e.g. that this headache resolves within 7 days after total caffeine withdrawal.

Patients were included in the study provided they 1) were hospitalised in the ICU for more than 10 days, 2) were considered free of infection on admission to the study according to the evaluation of the treating physician and 3) presented a new episode of SIRS, with fever >38°C being an obligatory criterion.

For these reasons, an age of <31 years at the time of index hospitalization for diabetes (even if this date preceded the start of our cohort recruitment) was considered here to be an obligatory criterion for entry into our cohort of patients with type 1 diabetes.

7Restless legs (1 = answered yes to all four obligatory criteria).

The cases B, C and D were originally classified as "probable sCJD" according to the diagnostic criteria for sCJD established by the WHO-guidelines as they showed the obligatory criteria and two (patient B) or all four (patients C and D) of the following clinical features: myoclonus, visual or cerebellar disturbances, pyramidal or extrapyramidal disturbances or akinetic mutism (Table 1) [26], [26].

A and B are obligatory criteria as well as the presence of at least four of six symptoms listed under C. Also, the condition should cause significant distress and/or impairment of important areas of functioning (D) and no symptoms should be due to direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition (E).

Since many Axis I disorders demand certain obligatory criteria, the MINI has skipping rules if such criteria are not met.

The picture resembled findings in EDS4, without meeting the obligatory criteria of this disease, and was not suggestive of any other form of EDS.

A and B are obligatory criteria, as is the presence of at least four of six symptoms listed under C. Also, the condition should cause significant distress and/or impairment of important areas of functioning (D) and no symptoms should be due to direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition (E).

As for other TACs, strictly unilateral pain localization in SUNCT syndrome is an obligatory diagnostic criterion [1].