Erythema multiforme is believed to be a symptom complex that is secondary to a wide variety of underlying disease states.
In this emerging view, it is space that is secondary, arising from the interaction of new kinds of particles -- particles that came into existence only as the universe cooled.
Recent studies in rats showed that acute administration of ethanol causes insulin resistance in a dose-dependent manner that is secondary to the blockade of insulin-induced HISS release.
Chronic prenatal and postnatal (nursing) ethanol exposure results in insulin resistance that is secondary to the absence of HISS release/action with the HISS-independent insulin action and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1 -mediated IGF-1 -mediatedl actIGF-1 -mediatednimpaired.
The size of the round, and the percentage of it that is secondary were other points of concern — too low and too high, respectively.
Further analysis in prospective studies will help to decide the correct management for glaucoma that is secondary to the different types of uveitis.
Clopidogrel response variability is primarily a pharmacokinetic phenomenon associated with insufficient active metabolite generation that is secondary to i) limited intestinal absorption affected by an ABCB1 gene polymorphism; ii) functional variability in P450 isoenzyme activity; and iii) a genetic polymorphism of CYP450 isoenzymes.
The fact is, people with HIV infection are now living longer and dying less frequently from AIDS-related complications, but are increasingly experiencing morbidity and mortality that is secondary to organ failure.
AMD is a disease of the elderly characterized by blindness that is secondary to post-developmental choroidal angiogenesis.
The DSM-IV criteria for organic rule-out of a primary mood disorder, i.e., diagnosis of a mood disorder that is secondary to a physical medical illness [57], do not clarify whether depressed mood in OSA should be considered secondary to the physical disorder.
