However, these studies had several limitations, including retrospective design [ 17], and inconsistent definitions of severity ranging from severe pancreatitis based on the Atlanta criteria to mortality [ 17, 18].
13 19 In the nested case control study, the cases had different degrees of severity, ranging from mild to severe.
Affected patients present with a graded spectrum of severity ranging from the most severe congenital brain malformations with overwhelming lactic acidemia and death in the neonatal period to development of Leigh syndrome or to a milder form with carbohydrate induced ataxia.
visual analog estimate of daily hot flash severity ranging from "mildest" to "most severe".
Completion of the assessment provides a classification of disease severity ranging from mild, moderate, or severe (Table 2).
Each attribute has 3 to 5 levels of severity ranging from normal function to severe functional limitations.
DEDs are also classified according to severity, ranging from mild to moderate to severe forms.
The fractures are classified according to three degrees of severity, ranging from mild through moderate to severe [ 8, 24].
Each component of the MIS has four levels of severity ranging from 0 (normal) to 3 (severely abnormal).
Three types of fractures are identified: wedge, biconcave, and compression, according to three degrees of severity, ranging from mild through moderate to severe [ 40].
The extent of renal damage depends on the nature, the dose, route, and duration of exposition displaying diverse degree of severity ranging from mild tubular dysfunction to severe renal failure.
