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Intracranial arachnoid cyst family with autosomal recessive trait mapped to chromosome 6q22.31-23.2.
Acta neurochirurgica - 1 Jul 2012
Bayrakli Fatih, Okten Ali Ihsan, Kartal Ugur, Menekse Guner, Guzel Aslan, Oztoprak Ibrahim, Pinarbasi Ergun, Kars Hamit Zafer
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Arachnoid cysts are congenital fluid-filled compartments within the cerebrospinal fluid cisterns and cerebral fissures. They most commonly occur sporadically, and familial occurrence has rarely been reported. In this study, we showed the first genetic linkage in the literature in a pure intracranial arachnoid cyst family with autosomal recessive trait. METHODS: We identified an intracranial arachnoid...
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