The phrase "underlying cause" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to the main or root reason behind a certain phenomenon or situation. Example: The doctor suggested that the patient's excessive caffeine intake was the underlying cause of their insomnia.
The Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, has pledged to address the underlining causes behind a series of attacks on schools and kindergartens that have left at least 15 children dead and many more wounded.
By linking mitochondrial morphology and Ca2+ homeostasis, these findings shed new light in the molecular mechanisms underlining neurodegeneration caused by AFG3L2 mutations.
"We started to look for different pathogens that might underline the cause of the poor condition and high mortality but we couldn't find anything," said Dr Gabor Czirjak from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, a lead author on the new work.
Most serious underline causes have sudden or acute onset pain.
By employing fixed and random effects and a dynamic GMM estimation as econometric methodologies I find results that underline common causes for NPLs.
To that end, the Life Savers centennial campaign, which is featured on the Life Savers Web site at life-savers.com, includes a philanthropic component, called Connect for a Cause, to underline the campaign's theme, "100 years of sharing".
The heterogeneity of the RBH group underlines the multifactorial cause of the repeat-breeder syndrome.
Yet it is the Championship which the Deloitte report implies should give most cause for concern, underlining why the Football League now intends to introduce its own FFP system.
Influenza-specific immune activity not only promotes virus clearance but also causes immunopathology, thereby underlining the importance of mounting a measured anti-viral immune response.
