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A genetic hypothesis for Chiari I malformation with or without syringomyelia.
Neurosurgical focus - 15 Mar 2000
Speer M C, George T M, Enterline D S, Franklin A, Wolpert C M, Milhorat T H
Abstract excerpt
In several reports the authors have suggested occasional familial aggregation of syringomyelia and/or Chiari 1 malformation (CM1). Familial aggregation is one characteristic of traits that have an underlying genetic basis. The authors provide evidence for familial aggregation of CM1 and syringomyelia (CM1/S) in a large series of families, establishing that there may be a genetic component to CM1/S in at least a...
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