Puzzles in modern biology. III.Two kinds of causality in age-related disease [version 2; referees: 2 approved]
The two primary causal dimensions of age-related disease are rate and function. Change in rate of disease development shifts the age of onset. Change in physiological function provides necessary steps in disease progression. A causal factor may alter the rate of physiological change, but that causal...
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F1000 Research Ltd
2017-01-01
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| Online Access: | https://f1000research.com/articles/5-2533/v2 |