Mr. Barton said tests with cells in the laboratory suggested that blue light might be a "causative factor" in macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in older Americans.
Environmental exposure to metals might be a causative factor for hypertension, but the association remains unclear.
Conclusion: Findings from this study suggest that shoulder subluxation may be a causative factor for RSD.
It also has been speculated that an increase in taper could be a causative factor in defect creation (Bier et al. 2009).
The results of these animal studies suggest that IMTG accumulation may be a causative factor of IR, a fact that is now widely accepted (Saltiel 2000).
Unlike periprosthetic fractures of the tibia, malalignment has not been shown to be a causative factor for periprosthetic fracture of the femur [6].
RA deficiency may be a causative factor leading to a spectrum of birth defects classified as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
Taken together, decreased ghrelin concentration in preoperative appendicitis might be a causative factor for the "loss of appetite" observed in an acute inflammatory condition such as acute appendicitis.
Evidence that persistent chronic inflammation may be a causative factor for carcinogenesis has accumulated from preclinical and clinical studies since Virchow proposed a close relationship between chronic inflammation and tumorigenesis [18].
The items used in our measure of religiosity (e.g., frequency of prayer, church attendance, belief in an afterlife, etc.; see Additional file 1: Appendix A) show that religiosity itself may be a causative factor in low acceptance of evolution.
Taken together, IL-17 released by lymphocytes bearing the γδ T cell receptor appear to be a causative factor in the inflammatory destruction of the biliary system in experimental BA.
