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The clinical spectrum of familial hemiplegic migraine associated with mutations in a neuronal calcium channel.
The New England journal of medicine - 5 Jul 2001
Ducros A, Denier C, Joutel A, Cecillon M, Lescoat C, Vahedi K, Darcel F, Vicaut E, Bousser M G, Tournier-Lasserve E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial hemiplegic migraine, an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by attacks of transient hemiparesis followed by a migraine headache, is classically divided into pure familial hemiplegic migraine (affecting 80 percent of families) and familial hemiplegic migraine with permanent cerebellar signs (affecting 20 percent of families). Mutations in CACNA1A, which encodes a neuronal calcium...
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