Originally posted by hdugger
The male and female relatives of male
and female index cases were analysed separately,
because the sex incidence is unequal
in both early and late onset groups. The
results indicated only that the groups in
which scoliosis is commoner (infant boys
and adolescent girls) had more affected
relatives than those in which it is less
common (infant girls and adolescent boys).
There was an approximately equal incidence amongst
parents, siblings and children population and among, the relatives of scoliotic
patients. (3 per cent, 5 per cent, 5 per cent).
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