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Dr Prem Rangi
Queen Square Private Healthcare
Are Brain Aneurysms hereditary?
Although the vast majority of aneurysms are random, there are approximately 5-10% with a genetic cause according to Dr Prem Rangi, a Consultant in Interventional and diagnostic neuroradiology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery at Queen Square.
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So, the vast majority of aneurysms are sporadic, that is to say they occur by chance in the population. Less than... probably somewhere between 5% and 10%of aneurysms are probably hereditary.
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