Whether this disease is caused by a primary defect in the nerve or the muscle remains unclear.

Histological studies demonstrated that the primary defect is at the meiotic G / M transition.

But with the Senate in Democratic hands, one of the primary defects of the tax cut could turn out to be a virtue.

Thus, researchers have long puzzled over what might cause cells to be insulin resistant, which many believe to be the primary defect leading to Type II diabetes.

There was little evidence to support the presence of a primary defect in the colonic barrier in patients with ulcerative colitis.

Dupuytren's disease might be triggered by the interaction of environmental factors with the primary genetic defect.

CVID is shown to be a genetically determined primary immune defect; however, the underlying causes are different.

The primary defect in hereditary spherocytosis is a deficiency of membrane surface area.

It seems unlikely from this work that ulcerative colitis is a result of a primary defect in butyrate metabolism.

The primary defects of dress and manner had passed.