XXXX : A Cross-Sectional (Descriptive) Study of 100 Cases.

@entity1 @entity483 @entity1200 @entity9416
BACKGROUND: @entity483 is a distinct age-related clinical entity. Its etiopathogenesis is largely insubstantial. Nevertheless, it seems to be an outcome of interplay of maternal and inheritance, pregnancy/intrauterine and environmental factors. Besides, @entity1200 , and nutritional supplements also play essential roles. Its diagnosis has been perpetuated by three or more major/minor criteria. OBJECTIVES: An endeavor to study its demographic and clinical pattern in contemporary prospective. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 100 fresh @entity1 of @entity483 , diagnosed on the basis of an established three or more major and minor criteria, salient presentations of which were recorded in a preset proforma, which also recorded age, duration, age of onset, and sex. Serum @entity9416 ( @entity9416 ) levels were determined by conventional technique. The data thus obtained was analysed to study its clinical pattern and to correlate its severity to @entity9416 levels. RESULTS: Its overall (new and old) prevalence was 0.98%, while that of new @entity1 was 0.24%. 83 (83%) were in the age group of 2-12 years, of which 54 (83.1%) were males and 29 (82.9%) were female, of which 70 (70%) had urban, while 30 (30%) had rural background. Its duration varied from 8 to 192 weeks, with a mean of 76 weeks, and a standard deviation of 21.42 weeks [76    21.42]. CONCLUSION: @entity483 is a discrete, overt, age and @entity9416 -related entity frequently displaying varying demographic and clinical connotation.
