The phrase "a cause of developmental" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing factors that contribute to developmental issues or changes, often in contexts related to psychology, education, or health.
Example: "Poor nutrition can be a cause of developmental delays in children."
Alternatives: "a factor in development" or "a contributor to developmental".
Maternal infection is a cause of adverse developmental outcomes including embryonic resorption, intrauterine fetal death, and preterm labor.
In his assessment, Dr. Kelley affirmed that CHILD's history and lab results were consistent with "an etiologically unexplained metabolic disorder that appear[ed] to be a common cause of developmental regression".
Although our primary focus here is on gap junction remodelling and arrhythmia in acquired adult heart disease, we should not overlook the possible consequences of defects in gap-junctional communication as a potential cause of developmental malformations of the heart.
Oxidative stress may be a cause of the declining developmental ability of cold-stored embryos.
In summary, we have identified homozygous mutations in ATOH7 as a cause of global eye developmental defects in human patients.
A postulated link with laterality dates back to Orton (1925), who proposed delayed neurological development leading to a lack of a dominant hemisphere as the cause of developmental dyslexia.
The common denominator, however, is still stress and inflammation as a cause of histological changes and developmental delay.
"That makes it as significant a problem as autism, and probably the most common cause of developmental disability in the U.S.A". he says.
Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of developmental disability in Ireland with a prevalence of one in 546 live births, 1 the highest in Europe.
We identified GRIN2B gain-of-function mutations as a cause of West syndrome with severe developmental delay as well as of ID with childhood onset focal epilepsy.
