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Family-based association analysis of functional VNTR polymorphisms in the dopamine transporter gene in migraine with and without aura.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Jan 2008
Karwautz A, Campos de Sousa S, Konrad A, Zesch H-E, Wagner G, Zormann A, Wanner C, Breen G, Ray M, Kienbacher C, Natriashvili S, Collier D A, Wöber C, Wöber-Bingöl C
Abstract excerpt
Because of the role of dopamine in triggering migraine attacks, genes of the dopamine system are candidates for involvement in migraine. We examined three VNTR polymorphisms in the dopamine transporter, the 5'UTR VNTR, the intron 8 VNTR and the intron 14 VNTR, in a sample of 205 family trios. We...
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