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Predisposition

Known as: Susceptibility, Susceptible 
The constitutional or inborn state disposing to a disease, group of diseases, or metabolic or structural anomaly.
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Disease susceptibilityMental disordersPersonalityScience of genetics

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2016
2016
Elderly Female Rhesus Macaques Preserve Lung Alveoli With Estrogen/Progesterone Therapy
The aging lung is associated with increased susceptibility to chronic inflammatory diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary… 
2013
2013
[Deltamethrin resistance, metabolic detoxification enzyme and kdr mutation in Anopheles sinensis in region along Huaihe River in Anhui Province].
OBJECTIVE To understand the deltamethrin resistance level, GTS and P450 metabolic detoxification enzyme activities, and mutations… 
2010
2010
Antenatal Screening for Mother to Child Infections in Immigrants and Residents: The Case of Toxoplasmosis in Northern Italy
In Italy, serological screening is recommended to prevent congenital toxoplasmosis as part of the antenatal care protocol. Our… 
2005
2005
Host susceptibility and spread of disease in a metapopulation of Silene dioica
Hypothesis: In host–pathogen metapopulations, founder events and restricted gene flow cause differentiation in susceptibility… 
1996
1996
Hormone replacement therapy in cancer survivors: A con opinion
In patients with hormonally sensitive tumors, estrogen replacement therapy carries a theoretical risk of stimulating recurrent… 
1982
1982
Effect of rubella vaccination programme in schools on rubella immunity in a general practice population.
Between November 1979 and January 1980 all patients aged 13-21 years who attended a general practice in Glasgow were tested for… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Hong Kong 1971-1975.
Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis occurred in epidemic in Hong Kong in 1971 and 1975 respectively. Two picornaviruses, the… 
1974
1974
Cytoplasmic inheritance of the selfing factor in the myxomycete Didymium iridis
SummaryThe mechanism by which the selfing factor is inherited in the heterothallic myxomycete Didymium iridis has been… 
1971
1971
Respiratory Pathogens in Monkeys
Respiratory disease in a dynamic colony of nonhuman primates during a 4-year period was due primarily to infections caused by… 
1971
1971
Hormonale Beeinflussung des Verhaltens
SummaryThe sexual behavior is most exhaustively investigated. One distinguishes between the sexual behavior in the stricter sense… 
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