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Familial Occurrence and Heritable Connective Tissue Disorders in Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension.
AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology - 1 Jul 2026
Schievink Wouter I, Maya Marcel M, Madhavan Ajay A, Moser Franklin G, Nuño Miriam A
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Genetic factors often are implicated in the etiology and pathogenesis of spontaneous spinal CSF leaks. Nevertheless, the familial occurrence of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) and the prevalence of heritable connective tissue disorders (hCTDs) have never been studied in large patient series. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of familial SIH and of hCTDs in...
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