title: Aetiology of osteochondritis dissecans. Failure to establish a familial background.
abstract: In a family study in which thirty-four patients with osteochondritis dissecans and eighty-six of their first-degree relatives were examined clinically and radiologically, only one relative was found to have osteochondritis dissecans. No association with other forms of osteochondritis, endocrinological abnormalities or dwarfism was found.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004550:Elbow / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*; D011859:Radiography