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Genetic determinants of cardiovascular events among women with migraine: a genome-wide association study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Schürks Markus, Buring Julie E, Ridker Paul M, Chasman Daniel I, Kurth Tobias
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Migraine is associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Both migraine and CVD are highly heritable. However, the genetic liability for CVD among migraineurs is unclear. METHODS: We performed a genome-wide association study for incident CVD events during 12 years of follow-up among 5,122 migraineurs participating in the population-based Women's Genome Health Study. Migraine was...
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