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Haemochromatosis gene (HFE) polymorphisms and migraine: an association study.
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 1 Jan 2007
Rainero I, Rubino E, Rivoiro C, Valfrè W, Binello E, Zampella E, De Martino P, Gentile S, Fenoglio P, Savi L, Gallone S, Pinessi L
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have suggested that iron metabolism may be involved in the pathogenesis of migraine. Using a case-control design, we performed an association study in a cohort of Italian migraine patients to evaluate whether a particular allele or genotype of the haemochromatosis gene (HFE) would modify the occurrence and clinical features of the disease. We genotyped 256 migraine patients and 237 healthy age-,...
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