The phrase "a defined cause of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific reason or factor that leads to a particular outcome or effect.
Example: "The researchers identified a defined cause of the disease, which helped in developing targeted treatments."
Alternatives: "a specific reason for" or "a clear factor in".
It costs the NHS just £3,435 on average to fund a round of IVF; at least half the typical cost of private treatment, according to lobby group IVFYes.org The National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidelines for the NHS state that couples with a defined cause of infertility should be referred for three rounds of IVF straightaway.
The identification of SUD cases based on death certificates and not on autopsy referrals could be a limitation of the study as it may have led to the inclusion of subjects with a defined cause of death (not reported in the certificate).
A short length of stay, as observed in this study for the R-coded patients, might result in less opportunity for investigation and diagnosis, leading to a less informative discharge summary from the physician and less likelihood of a defined cause for admission at coding.
The reliability of mortality data in the Midwest region of Brazil is satisfactory, since only an average of 4% of cases had a poorly defined cause of death from 2009 to 2011 [ 2].
HEV infection is a newly defined cause of acute liver dysfunction among HIV-infected persons in the United States.
Gene amplification is a well defined cause of oncogene activation during tumor development, and some genomic regions are recognized to be more frequently amplified than others [ 1].
For deaths before 1979 a certified nosologist defined cause of death based on death certificate review (Dockery et al. 1993).
Although ureteral obstruction due to stone disease is well-documented and ureteral obstruction is a well-known and defined cause of acute renal failure, obstruction from extrinsic compression is a less-understood phenomenon.
There is no clearly defined cause of this conflict.
No defined cause of bronchiectasis is currently found in approximately 50% of cases.
Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetically defined cause of intellectual disabilities.
