Protocol Number: 00-N-0089
Candidates for this study are: 1) Patients with chiari I malformation who also have a family member with the abnormality or a family member with syringomyelia (a cyst in the spinal cord that is often associated with the chiari I malformation). 2) Family members of patients with the chiari I malformation. Participants will have a medical history and physical and neurologic examinations. They will undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain and cervical (neck) spinal cord to measure the size of the head and determine the presence of the chiari I malformation and syringomyelia. A small blood sample (about 2 tablespoons) will be drawn for DNA studies relating to the chiari I malformation.
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Bethesda, Maryland 20892. Last update: 02/14/2009
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