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By Mayo Clinic staffSticker syndrome is an inherited disorder. If you have Stickler syndrome and your partner does not, your child has a 50 percent chance — or a probability of one in two — of developing the condition.
References
- Stickler syndrome. Genetics Home Reference. http://www.ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=sticklersyndrome. Accessed Sept. 4, 2008.
- Stickler GB [expert opinion]. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. March 28, 2008.
- About Stickler syndrome. Stickler Syndrome Support Group. www.stickler.org.uk/info.htm. Accessed Sept. 4, 2008.
- Francomano C, et al. Stickler syndrome. In: Cassidy SB, et al. Management of Genetic Syndromes. 2nd ed. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Liss; 2005;539-546.
