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12.3.2  Biologic variation

Issues of biologic variation that authors should consider include divergence in pathophysiology (e.g. biologic differences between women and men that are likely to affect responsiveness to a treatment) and divergence in a causative agent (e.g. for infectious diseases such as malaria).