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Genetics of headaches.
Handbook of clinical neurology - 1 Jan 2010
Van Den Maagdenberg Arn M J M, Terwindt Gisela M, Haan Joost, Frants Rune R, Ferrari Michel D
Abstract excerpt
Insight into the molecular mechanisms involved in primary headaches is important to identify drug targets for improving treatment of patients, but essentially lacking. Genetic research is increasingly successful in pinpointing these mechanisms. Most progress has been made for Familial Hemiplegic Migraine, a rare subtype of migraine with aura. Three genes (CACNA1A, ATP1A2 and SCN1A) have been identified that all...
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