XMRV, the scientists suggested, may cause or at least contribute to chronic fatigue syndrome.
The design of periodontal curette handles may cause or aggravate arm pain in dental practitioners.
It has been suggested that hypercortisolemia may cause or exacerbate both neurocognitive impairment and symptoms in schizophrenia.
Seizures and SE in neonates are often secondary to an underlying neurological disorder and may cause or exacerbate neuronal damage.
These models are used to predict what aqueous and solid species may cause or influence corrosion in a particular system.
The Poling case, however, offered advocates a new theory: that vaccines may cause or contribute to an underlying mitochondrial disorder, which in turn causes autism.
The paintfill method can be used to quickly assess inner ear morphology and can help identify defects that may cause or contribute to deafness and/or vestibular dysfunction.
But no one has done a long-term study of people who took huge doses of anabolic drugs, and for the most part, no one knows what medical problems the drugs may cause or how likely they are.
Even organized labor and other groups objecting to the president's free-trade proposals have neglected what needs to be done to address the adjustment problems that free trade may cause or aggravate.
The task force, which included several retired military and intelligence officers, warned that such proliferation "may cause or increase instability, and further increase the risk of widening conflicts in regions around the globe".
Although the impact of indoor pollution is not as well understood as outdoor pollution, a recent WHO report suggested indoor air pollution may cause or contribute to 99,000 premature deaths a year in Europe.
