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No influence of 5-HTTLPR gene polymorphism on migraine symptomatology, comorbid depression, and chronification.
Headache - 1 Mar 2010
Wieser Thomas, Dresler Kathrin, Evers Stefan, Gaul Charly, König Dorothea, Hölzl Daniela, Berger Klaus, Nyholt Dale, Deufel Thomas
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BACKGROUND: The serotonergic system is thought to play an important role for mediating susceptibility to migraine and depression, which is frequently found comorbid in migraine. The functional polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR/SLC6A4) was previously associated with attack frequency and, thus, possibly with chronification. OBJECTIVE: We hypothesized that patients...
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