Article
Sex differences in the transmission of migraine.
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 1 Aug 2007
Low N C P, Cui L, Merikangas K R
Abstract excerpt
Consistent evidence demonstrates that migraine is far more common in women than in men, but the explanations for this preponderance have not been systematically evaluated. We examined whether the female preponderance is attributable to genetic factors using data from a controlled family study which included 260 probands and their 1232 first-degree adult relatives. We found that although the risk of migraine was...
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