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Hello docs, is chiari malformation genetic?
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Not know for sure: Information on genetics being investigated.Duke University Medical Center is investigating the hereditary basis of Chiari type I malformations with or without syringomyelia The research is aimed at learning if caused by inheritance factors.
Answered 7/4/2014
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