So there appear to be predisposing factors at work, as well as the triggering effect of the autoantibodies.

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Overall, significant stress, illness and lack of sleep can be predisposing risk factors for developing an outbreak of shingles.

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Although the imaging studies cannot determine cause and effect, it is possible that the structural changes may have come first, predisposing certain patients to depression.

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The paper revealed that in the region, one of the major factors predisposing young people towards violence is the mismatch that exists between their aspirations and the opportunities available to them.

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Scientists have looked at anger and violence, though, and discovered genetic variations, expressed as concentrations of a particular messenger molecule in the brain, that are both congenital and predisposing to a violent temper.

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Stefansson sought the predisposing genes among Icelandic patients because their richly documented family trees and homogeneous genetic inheritance made the task as easy as looking for a needle in a box of needles.

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