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Cluster headache and Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 1 Jan 2010
Summ O, Gregor N, Marziniak M, Gralow I, Husstedt I W, Evers S
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about the pathophysiology of cluster headache (CH), one of the most debilitating primary headaches. Interestingly, associations of lung affecting diseases or lifestyle habits such as smoking and sleep apnoea syndrome and CH have been described. Certain genotypes for alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha(1)-AT) are considered risk factors for emphysema. Our aim was to investigate possible associations between...
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