2006 Heritability in Scheuermann disease AAOS

Description: Heritability in Scheuermann's disease Paper No: 339 Thursday, March 23, 2006 05:00 PM - 05:06 PM Location: McCormick Place N426 Frank Damborg, MD Odense Denmark (n) Karsten Thomsen, MD Odense Denmark (n) Vilhelm Engell, MD Vejle Denmark (n) Kirsten O Kyvik, MD, PhD Odense Denmark (n) Mikkel Andersen, MD (n) Moderator(s): Vincent J Silvaggio, MD Pittsburgh PA Andrew V Slucky, MD Oakland CA Spine Out of 34,007 twins 943 reported to suffer from Mb. Scheuermann: prevalence 2.8%, pair-wise concordance 0.19, and heritability 0.74. The purpose of this study was to examine the genetic contribution to the pathogenesis of Scheuermann's disease.