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A typical migraine susceptibility region localizes to chromosome 1q31.
Neurogenetics - 1 Mar 2002
Lea Rod A, Shepherd A Graeme, Curtain Robert P, Nyholt Dale R, Quinlan Sharon, Brimage Peter J, Griffiths Lyn R
Abstract excerpt
Migraine (with and without aura) is a prevalent neurovascular disease that shows strong familial aggregation, although the number of genes involved and the mode of inheritance is not clear. Some insight into the disease has been gained from genetic studies into a rare and very severe migraine subtype known as familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM). In this study, we took a family-based linkage and association...
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