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Familial Chiari malformation: a systematic review and illustrative cases.

Alaina DhawanJillian DhawanAjay N SharmaDaniel B AzzamAhmed CherryMichael G Fehlings
Published in: Journal of neurosurgery. Spine (2024)
Patients most often presented with headaches, sensory disturbances, or generalized symptoms. Overall, there exists mounting evidence for a hereditary component of CM. It is unlikely to be explained by a classic mendelian inheritance pattern, but is rather a polygenic architecture influenced by variable penetrance, cosegregation, and entirely nongenetic factors. For first-degree relatives of those affected by CM, the authors' findings may influence clinicians to conduct closer clinical and radiographic monitoring, promote patient education, and consider earlier genetic testing.
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