Table 1

Initial diagnosis in patients not involving nervous system

System* (134)†Different diagnosis
*No specific referral diagnosis was available in 91 patients and in 43 patients, some diagnosis was made. Many patients had multiple diagnoses. †Values in parentheses show number of patients.
Hepatic (29)Jaundice, portal hypertension, cirrhosis, infective hepatitis, chronic liver disease
Psychiatric (12)Schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, mania, anxiety disorder, paranoid psychosis
Orthopaedic (10)Rickets, juvenile polyarthritis, genu valgum, recurrent fractures, recurrent dislocation of patella ?cause, sequelae of head injury,
Cardiovascular (5)Rheumatic fever sequelae, vasculitis
Haematological (2)Idiopathic epistaxis, haemolytic anaemia
Renal (4)Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome
Others (8)Malaria, fever ?cause, post-traumatic sequelae, leprosy