idiopathic
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He is one of the 90% of people with so-called idiopathic disease: Their Parkinson’s has no clear genetic cause but almost certainly results from some combination of ill-defined genetic susceptibilities and environmental triggers.
From Science Magazine
Its most developed drug, a treatment for a lung condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, is now being clinically trialled.
From BBC
Ruling out everything gave him her diagnosis: She had idiopathic subglottic stenosis.
From New York Times
She had drunk some wine but had a heart and lung condition called idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
From BBC
The cause of death was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, his daughter Rebecca Payne said.
From Washington Post
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