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My sister says she has spondylolisthesis. are family members more likely to get the same thing?

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Perhaps: There are several types or causes of spondylolisthesis (slippage forward of one spinal bone on top of the one below it). It is not strictly inherited (as in a single gene), but the tendency toward it probably is influenced genetically.

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Answered 7/23/2013

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