Sentence examples for familiar predisposition from inspiring English sources

Our data on familiar predisposition are limited and thus in this study we could not control for this potential confounding factor.

As our data on family history of breast cancer are limited, we have not been able to control for familiar predisposition in our analyses.

Furthermore, previous studies have not found any effect modification by familiar predisposition on the use of HRT (Ursin et al, 2002).

Additional information about the skin condition and familiar predisposition was obtained in order to distinguish between atopic dermatitis and other skin conditions such as scabies and viral or antibiotic rash.

Since then, loss-of-function mutations of PTEN have been reported in many human sporadic cancers, including glioblastoma and thyroid, breast, colon, prostate or endometrial carcinomas, as well as in familiar cancer predisposition syndromes known as PTEN tumor hamartoma syndromes (PTHS) (Hollander et al., 2011).

This might explain why CRC takes years to develop, even in patients with a genetic predisposition (germline APC mut/+ ) to familiar adenomatous polyposis (FAP) disease.

Few causative factors have been identified: familiar forms are rare (about 1%); there is no clear genetic predisposition, and presumably tumorigenesis may require alterations in more than one gene.

Our predisposition to use contextual cues from past experience confers a clear evolutionary advantage in rapidly dealing with the familiar, but this can lead to the mental set effect or overgeneralisation.

McEwan overrides that predisposition almost heroically.

What transforms a predisposition into a disorder?

Familiar face — very familiar.