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Are brain aneurysms hereditary? can it stay dormant for a generation?
6 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
To some degree: Brain aneurysms like most conditions have some genetic predisposition. Your physician can take a good family history and assess other risk factors to determine if testing such as mr angiography is indicated to detect them.
Answered 12/29/2013
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Some are: There is a component of genetics with brain aneurysms although most are congenital. If you have two first degree relatives with aneurysms or multiple aneurysms they could be genetic.
Answered 2/1/2015
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Yes: Yes. Please see the links below for more information http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/23399038 http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/17290171.
Answered 3/17/2017
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