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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 57-B, Issue 2 | Pages 146 - 147
1 May 1975
Robin GC Cohen T

Scoliosis Clinic and the Department of Human Genetics, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem Scoliosis appeared in fifteen members of a family in three generations. The eight members examined showed an idiopathic type of scoliosis. Father-to-son transmission occurred more than once. Although at first appearance transmission of the scoliosis is as an autosomal dominant trait, the concept of polygenic inheritance, as has been shown in previous population studies, could also explain the inheritance in this family