The study, integration and analysis of these data increasingly allows to unravel the genetic mechanisms and networks underlying complex biological phenotypes paving the way for an era of «genomic medicine,» in which new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to common
multifactorial conditions are emerging.
The current challenge is to identify which genes contribute to
multifactorial conditions like obesity, heart disease, alcohol dependency, schizophrenia and autism.
Autoimmunity is
a multifactorial condition; certain infections, stress, chronic inflammation in the gut, genetics, allergies and food intolerances, and environmental exposure to chemicals can all play a role in the development of autoimmune disease.
Depression is
a multifactorial condition that can develop from a variety of difficult to diagnose conditions.
Recent studies have shown that this condition is
multifactorial condition that is due to many different causes.
Not exact matches
«The risk of WNV transmission is complex and
multifactorial; it concerns the virus, the vectors, the animal reservoirs, the environmental
conditions and human behaviour.
Characterized by heterogeneous symptoms and a
multifactorial origin, this complex
condition evolves during brain development.
Endurance athletes frequently report gastrointestinal impairment during competition, which can include dangerous and debilitating
conditions such as nausea, bloating, pain, vomiting, abdominal angina, bloody diarrhea, endotoxemia, hemorrhagic gastritis, and ischemic colitis.28, 29 Causes of gut distress are considered
multifactorial, with gastrointestinal ischemia being important, along with mechanical position (e.g. runners versus cyclists) and nutrition.
Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease, or FLUTD, is a
multifactorial disease
condition that affects many domestic cats; in fact, up to 10 % of all cats treated in emergency hospitals are affected with FLUTD.
This study supports the
multifactorial nature of CM and syringomyelia and that this
condition can not be explained by a simple defect in the development of a single skull bone; it is a more complex disorder involving cranial base shortening, craniocervical junction abnormalities and other, as yet undetermined, factors not investigated in this study.
Cauda equina syndrome is a devastating
condition which is
multifactorial and affects daily living in a number of ways.