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Familial hemiplegic migraine: clinical features and probable linkage to chromosome 1 in an Italian family.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Apr 2002
Cevoli S, Pierangeli G, Monari L, Valentino M L, Bernardoni P, Mochi M, Cortelli P, Montagna P
Abstract excerpt
We describe an Italian family with familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM), subtle cerebellar signs and probable linkage to chromosome 1. FHM is genetically heterogeneous; in about 50% of families it is caused by mutations within the CACNA1A gene on chromosome 19. Linkage to 1q31 and 1g21-23 has also been established. Other families do not link either to chromosome 19 or 1. Chromosome 19-linked FHM may display...
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