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The 3p21.1-p21.3 hereditary vascular retinopathy locus increases the risk for Raynaud's phenomenon and migraine.
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 1 Dec 2005
Hottenga J J, Vanmolkot K R J, Kors E E, Kheradmand Kia S, de Jong P T V M, Haan J, Terwindt G M, Frants R R, Ferrari M D, van den Maagdenberg A M J M
Abstract excerpt
Previously, we described a large Dutch family with hereditary vascular retinopathy (HVR), Raynaud's phenomenon and migraine. A locus for HVR was mapped on chromosome 3p21.1-p21.3, but the gene has not yet been identified. The fact that all three disorders share a vascular aetiology prompted us to study whether the HVR haplotype also contributed to Raynaud's phenomenon and migraine in this family. Whereas the...
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