the association between organic brain dysfunction and psychiatric disorder was studied by comparing the findings in the children with epilepsy or with lesions above the brain stem ( cerebral palsy and similar disorders ) with those in ( 1 ) a random sample of the general population , ( 2 ) children with lesions below the brain stem ( for example , muscular dystrophy or paralyses following poliomyelitis ) , and ( 3 ) children with other chronic physical handicaps not involving the nervous system ( for example , asthma , heart disease , or diabetes ) .
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poliomyelitis
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nervous system