Sentence examples for hereditary cause from inspiring English sources

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common hereditary cause of kidney failure.

This suggests that one might approach the management of TMA not simply with specific treatments aimed at the underlying hereditary cause or inciting event, but rather at general measures that may improve overall endothelial health.

The hypothesis that the racial gap in life expectancy may be linked to the slave trades has been advanced by Cutler et al. (2005), who present evidence suggesting that racial differences in sensitivity to salt, a leading and largely hereditary cause of hypertension, may be due to selection during the Middle Passage.

The findings suggest a hereditary cause of nasolacrimal duct fistula in Brown Swiss cattle.

The discovery of metachronous cancers in a young patient suggests a hereditary cause.

6.5 % would reassure the patient there was no hereditary cause for her breast cancer and 8.4 % would say there was a hereditary cause and discuss further tests (Table  2).

In addition, there are rare hereditary (genetic) causes of nephrotic syndrome, most of which manifest in infancy.

Now that we're obsessed with genetics, the focus of research has moved on to hereditary causes.

Lombroso's theories were widely influential in Europe for a time, but his emphasis on hereditary causes of crime was later strongly rejected in favour of environmental factors.

Many persons with hereditary causes may remain disease free for years or may never develop disease.

Acquired causes, however, are proportionally less common than hereditary causes (Connolly, 2001; Wilmshurst et al., 2003).