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The genetic features of 24 patients affected by familial and sporadic hemiplegic migraine.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 May 2011
Gallanti A, Cardin V, Tonelli A, Bussone G, Bresolin N, Mariani C, Bassi M T
Abstract excerpt
Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) is the only migraine subtype for which a monogenic mode of inheritance, autosomal dominant has been clearly established. It is genetically heterogeneous and at least three different genes exist (CACNA1A, ATP1A2, and SCN1A), the so-called FHM1, FHM2, and FHM3 genes, respectively. Sporadic hemiplegic migraine (SHM) is a disorder, in which some patients may have their...
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