underlying disease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunderlyinganddisease
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underlying
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
real but not ...
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disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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The therapy is that of theunderlyingdisease.
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Polypharmacy should be considered an indicator of severeunderlyingdisease.
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Aside from theunderlyingdisease, several factors can have an impact on neurone numbers.
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The true nature of theirunderlyingdiseasewas realized only after postmortem examination.
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Nonetheless, theunderlyingdiseaseseems to maintain a crucial role in the final prognosis.
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Figure 2 shows important variations in the moment of vaccination according to theunderlyingdisease.
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Controls were contacted by phone to verify theunderlyingdiseaseand smoking status.
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A normal neurological examination will often help rule out seriousunderlyingdiseaseand prevent unnecessary investigation.
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The results are not adjusted forunderlyingdiseasestate, or demographic or treatment variables.
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Such decisions make assumptions aboutunderlyingdiseaseconstructs that may obscure significant findings.
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In the elderly, ageing andunderlyingdiseaseare strongly associated with poorer immunity against viruses whereas in younger patients underlying disease might mainly be responsible for development of complications.
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The generic instruments can be used for diverse patient groups independent of theunderlyingdiseaseor disability.
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Therefore, it remains unclear whether these alterations are specifically related to either catatonia itself or theunderlyingdiseaseof schizophrenia.
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Further investigation is necessary to identify theunderlyingdiseaseprocess that bipolar patients' antisaccade task defects reflect.
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Clinicians should note that delirium is often the manifestation of anunderlyingdiseaseor effect of a medication.
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The true nature of hisunderlyingdiseasewas revealed only after the examination of the heart at autopsy.
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The need for higher doses is almost invariably related to a progression ofunderlyingdiseaseproducing the pain.
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If treatment is stopped, theunderlyingdiseasemechanism may reassert itself and the clinical symptoms will redevelop.
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Theunderlyingdiseaseis a somewhat different matter.
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The independent variables for the regression include home monitoring adherence,underlyingdisease, ambulatory diagnostic group mapping variables, transplant type, and patient demographics.
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As such, there is a pressing need to investigate theunderlyingdiseasemechanisms and detailed preclinical studies in animal models are crucial.
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It is theunderlyingdiseaseprocess that is the causal mechanism that drives the changes in symptoms and determines the order in which they occur.
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Reported vaccination coverage rates differ considerably according to which country, the period studied, the type of vaccine (the most studied is the pneumoccocal vaccine) and theunderlyingdisease.
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