The phrase "an underlying disturbance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing a fundamental issue or problem that is not immediately visible but affects a situation or condition.
Example: "The patient's symptoms suggest that there may be an underlying disturbance in their neurological function."
Alternatives: "a fundamental issue" or "a hidden problem".
Membrane-stabilizing drugs have long been used for the treatment of chronic tinnitus, suggesting an underlying disturbance of sensory excitability due to changes in ion conductance.
In the majority of cases, the low ADAMTS13 levels are due to Anti‐ADAMTS13 autoantibodies and an underlying disturbance in immune function.
We targeted study participants with a diagnosis of HIV enteropathy for this clinical trial as this population likely has an underlying disturbance in gut microbiota composition and altered gastrointestinal function as a feature of their immunopathology.
If you are unsure what to do about snoring, a physician can advise you and also make sure your snoring is not related to an underlying sleep disturbance, common in men, called obstructive sleep apnea.
Other researchers have reported that onychophagia is an acquired habit which does not reflect an underlying emotional disturbance [ 17].
5 Caution should be exercised when confronting an individual who exhibits signs of an underlying mental disturbance or dysmorphophobic tendency.
The EPC adjustments could cause the underlying disturbance patterns to be embedded in the control chart, thus dramatically increasing the degree of difficulty to identify the behavior of process disturbances.
Ducros et al. [2] suggest that the underlying disturbance in the control of cerebral arterial tone first involves small distal arteries responsible for hemorrhages and then progresses towards medium and large-sized arteries responsible for ischemic events.
Based on the temporal pattern, their study illustrated that the underlying disturbance in the control of cerebral arterial tone first involved small distal arteries responsible for hemorrhages and RPLS and then progressed towards medium- and large-sized arteries responsible for ischemic events.
The temporal pattern of RCVS suggests that the underlying disturbance in the control of cerebral arterial tone first involves small distal arteries responsible for thunderclap headaches, haemorrhages and RPLS and then progresses towards large-sized arteries responsible for ischaemic events as cerebral infarction [1].
The underlying disturbance in immune regulation that is responsible for the localized joint pathology results in the release of inflammatory mediators in the synovial fluid and synovium that directly and indirectly influence cartilage homeostasis.
