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High frequency of migraine-only patients negative for the 3243 A>G tRNALeu mtDNA mutation in two MELAS families.
Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache - 1 Aug 2010
Cevoli Sabina, Pallotti Francesco, La Morgia Chiara, Valentino Maria L, Pierangeli Giulia, Cortelli Pietro, Baruzzi Agostino, Montagna Pasquale, Carelli Valerio
Abstract excerpt
Migraine is associated with stroke-like episodes in mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like syndrome (MELAS). Moreover, abnormalities of oxidative phosphorylation are also reported in migraine. We studied two maternal lineages with MELAS and chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) affected probands carrying the 3243 A>G tRNA(Leu) (MELAS) mutation, remarkable for a high frequency...
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