tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post6329165008640544810..comments2024-02-13T21:31:57.980-04:00Comments on Facing Autism in New Brunswick: OTARC Panel: Dr. Giacomo Vivanti: Does Severe Autism Cause Intellectual Disability?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-68639950649271948432013-08-12T06:01:59.410-03:002013-08-12T06:01:59.410-03:00medilexicon.com provides a definition from Stedman...medilexicon.com provides a definition from Stedman's Medical Dictionary<br /><br />comorbidity<br /><br />Type: Term<br /><br />Pronunciation: kō′mōr-bid′i-tē<br />Definitions:<br />1. A concomitant but unrelated pathologic or disease process; usually used in epidemiology to indicate the coexistence of two or more disease processes.<br /><br />The information shown above for comorbidity is provided by Stedman's.<br /><br />* Stedman's, part of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, provide a comprehensive line of health-science publications for healthcare professionals and medical students.<br /><br />Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Copyright © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.<br /><br />The issue discussed by Vivanti and the panel is whether Intellectual Disability is an unrelated comorbidity or whether there is a causal relationship whereby severe autism causes intellectual disability. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-66183366449900235802013-08-12T05:49:45.314-03:002013-08-12T05:49:45.314-03:00Please explain the term "comorbidities"....Please explain the term "comorbidities".<br />Does this refer to multiple conditions caused by the same illness or separate unrelated conditions happening at the same time?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com