The fact that a relevant proportion of patients with a severe deficiency do not develop any infection could be because of several causes.
Blood tests revealed a severe deficiency of potassium, which plays an important role in muscle functioning.
"That was considered [by military officials] a severe deficiency in capabilities.
Adults with a severe deficiency often get heart disease and die young unless treated with growth hormone.
The blood tests they ordered revealed that the patient had a severe deficiency of vitamin B6.
"It's a severe deficiency in Anglicanism because there isn't really a church teaching in the same way that there is in the Church of Rome...
Disseminated intravascular coagulation is an acquired disorder in which platelets and blood-clotting components are consumed until a severe deficiency exists, resulting in a bleeding disorder.
"It's a severe deficiency in Anglicanism because there isn't really a church teaching in the same way that there is in the Church of Rome..
Based on current evidence, unless you have a severe deficiency requiring temporary megadoses to correct, there is no reason to go any higher.
That George W. Bush failed to rush back to the White House from his vacation in Crawford, Tex., to demand to know what, in particular, was being done to prevent potential hijackers from boarding planes shows at least a severe deficiency of curiosity, if not sensitivity, perhaps both.
Herman Cain declared that the "pursuit of happiness is under attack" and repeated his popular line that the biggest crisis facing America is a "severe deficiency of leadership crisis in the White House".
