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Absence of linkage between the interleukin-6 gene (-174 G/C) polymorphism and migraine.
Neuroscience letters - 12 Jun 2003
Rainero Innocenzo, Salani Giuliana, Valfrè Walter, Savi Lidia, Rivoiro Chiara, Ferrero Margherita, Pinessi Lorenzo, Grimaldi Luigi M E
Abstract excerpt
To assess the role of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in migraine, we analyzed the -174 G/C IL-6 gene polymorphism in 268 patients with migraine and 305 controls. No significant difference in the distribution of IL-6 genotypes (chi(2)=0.601, P=0.74) and allelic frequencies (chi(2)=0.024, P=0.876) was found....
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