Evensen et al24 | Early | 1956 | Case report | 3 cousins with Blount disease of which one needed an operation and two resolved without treatment. | – | Father of one of the patients had physiological varus legs as a child. |
Langenskiold and Riska22 | Early | 1964 | Retrospective study | One family with four typical cases of infantile Blount disease. | – | – |
Sevastikoglou and Eriksson27 | Early | 1967 | Case report | 4 siblings affected of which three needed an operation. | Yes | – |
Levine and Drennan26 | Early | 1982 | Retrospective study | Of the 22 patients, there were two pairs of siblings with Blount disease. | – | – |
Schoenecker et al28 | Early | 1985 | Retrospective study | – | – | 45% (14 out of 31) patients had a positive family history. |
Ikegawa et al25 | Early | 1990 | Case report | Monozygote twins with Blount disease. | Yes | Negative family history |
Schmidt et al10 | Early | 1991 | Case report | two siblings with Blount disease and a sister with physiological varus legs. | – | – |
Inaba et al21 | Early | 2014 | Retrospective study | – | Yes, three twin cases | 14% (8 out of 59) had a positive family history for varus legs. |
Thompson et al19 | Adolescent | 1984 | Retrospective study | – | – | All 11 patients had a negative family history. |
Schoenecker et al28 | Adolescent | 1985 | Retrospective study | – | – | 1 patient had a negative family history. |
Inaba et al21 | Adolescent | 2014 | Retrospective study | – | – | All 13 have a negative family history. |