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Metabolic and genetic risk factors for migraine in children.
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 1 Jun 2006
Bottini F, Celle M E, Calevo M G, Amato S, Minniti G, Montaldi L, Di Pasquale D, Cerone R, Veneselli E, Molinari A C
Abstract excerpt
Migraine can induce ischaemic stroke, and is considered an independent risk factor for stroke in the young. To date, the nature of the link between migraine and stroke is essentially unknown. Forty-five children were studied. Homocysteine levels (fasting and post methionine load), vitamin B12 and plasma folate levels, factor V Leiden, factor II G20210A, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T and A1298C...
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