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aetiology

, etiology
1. the study of the causes of diseases
2. the cause of a disease

aetiology

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Statistical analysis: The phenotype frequencies, odds ratios (OR), probability value, Chi-square with Yates correction, aetiological and preventive fraction were estimated using the available data- base and computer programme16.
Association of HLA alleles with hepatitis C infection in Maharashtra, western India
However, as novel chromosomal abnormalities were detected in our study, Indian patients may have different underlying aetiological reason for the development of MDS.
Cytogenetic study of myelodysplastic syndrome from India
The high short-term mortality and the significant association between mortality and an alternative diagnosis provide an important impetus for an aetiological diagnosis to be made whenever possible in patients with suspected tuberculous pericarditis, rather than empiric introduction of antituberculosis therapy.
Mortality in patients treated for tuberculous pericarditis in sub-Saharan Africa
It can be classified in several ways; most commonly by morphology (hypochromic microcytic, normochromic normocytic and macrocytic) and aetiological mechanism (increased red cell loss, decreased red cell production and abnormal distribution).
Primary drug-induced anaemia and the importance of adverse drug reaction (ADR) monitoring
Ankylosis: Dental ankylosis is thought to be the major aetiological mechanism of IO, [Darling and Levers, 1973; Kurol and Magnusson, 1984], although ankylosis may be a secondary, rather than an initiating factor in the process.
Atypical retention of infraoccluded primary molars with permanent successor teeth
Improved understanding of the burden of illness due to food-borne infections, the aetiological agents and the implicated foodstuffs will assist in preventing future outbreaks.
Outbreaks of food-borne disease--a common occurrence but rarely reported
Aetiological agents of meningitis in Bangladeshi children.
Addition of isovitalex in chocolate agar for the isolation of Haemophilus influenzae
Aim: This was to establish the prevalence of MIH among 12-year-old children in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to investigate its aetiological background and clinical consequences of MIH in a population with medium caries activity.
Molar incisor hypomineralisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: prevalence, aetiology and clinical consequences in medium caries activity population
Eight hundred and sixty-eight patients with genital ulcerations were enrolled in five aetiological studies conducted in Maseru (Lesotho), Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Carletonville STD clinics during the period 1994-1999.
The influence of concomitant HIV infection on the serological diagnosis of primary syphilis in southern Africa
However, heatstroke has typically been overlooked and unexplored in Brazil as a potential aetiological factor in patients with elevated core body temperature and disturbances of the central nervous system.
Global warming & heatstroke
The results of the cross-sectional aetiological studies of GUD using conventional microbiological techniques are shown in Table I.
Changes in the patterns of sexually transmitted infection among South African mineworkers, associated with the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Even though some of these incisor opacities may have been caused by the same aetiological factors as the molar opacities, it is impossible to differentiate the causes retrospectively.
Molar incisor hypomineralization: review and prevalence data from a study of primary school children in Kaunas (Lithuania)

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