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HLA-DRB1 genotyping in Italian migraine patients.
Neuroscience letters - 30 Jan 2006
Rainero Innocenzo, Dall'Omo Anna Maria, Rubino Elisa, Valfrè Walter, Fasano Maria Edvige, Rivoiro Chiara, Brancatello Francesca, Savi Lidia, Gallone Salvatore, Pinessi Lorenzo
Abstract excerpt
We examined the distribution of HLA-DRB1 alleles in a cohort 255 Italian migraine patients and in a control group of 325 healthy subjects. 214 patients fulfilled the ICHD-II criteria for migraine without aura and 41 patients the criteria for migraine with aura. The frequency of DRB1*16 allele was found to be significantly increased in migraine without aura patients (p=0.02; OR 1.97, 95% CI: 1.10-3.54) than in...
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