The phrase "a provoking factor for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that incites or stimulates a particular response or action.
Example: "The lack of communication was a provoking factor for the team's misunderstandings."
Alternatives: "a triggering factor for" or "a stimulating factor for".
In most cases (n = 52, 72 %), we did not find any provoking factor for the occurring seizures in children with known epilepsy.
No statistically significant association with the A-allele rs1835740 was found for any of the parameters that were studied: symptoms, comorbidity, provoking factors or the effect and use of different medical treatment.
The questionnaire included 58 items for history including precise description of pain, provoking factors, duration, evolution, intensity, quality, modification with position, ancillary symptoms and open text to describe the chest pain as well as precise localisation on an anatomical map.
In eleven dogs (22%) the owners reported that anxiety/hyperactivity/stress (e.g. working under conditions with a demand for high performance or aggressive behavior towards other dogs), could sometime act as a seizure provoking factor.
In 22% of the cases the owners reported that anxiety/hyperactivity/stress could act as a seizure provoking factor.
So, microbial exposure might be a very important but not unique provoking factor.
There are several options, including the administration of C1-INH 1 h before the provoking event (500 1500 U), 2 units of fresh-frozen plasma (FFP) administered 1 12 h before, or danazol at a dose of 200 mg orally 3 times a day for the 10 days prior to the provoking factor and 2 5 days after.
4, 5 The proportion of provoked VTEs in a given study will clearly depend on the definition of included provoking factors, and a definite definition does not exist.
Provoking factors had a slightly but significantly different distribution across diagnostic categories (Table 2).
