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Negative predictors of clinical response to triptans in patients with migraine.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Apr 2012
Ishii M, Sakairi Y, Hara H, Imagawa A, Shimizu S, Takahashi J, Nagamine A, Naito Y, Masuda Y, Usami S, Kiuchi Y
Abstract excerpt
Moderate to severe migraine attacks are treated with triptans. However, about 25% of migraineurs fail to respond to triptans. We investigated the involvement of gene polymorphisms, personality traits and characteristics of headache, and made a scoring system for prediction of clinical response to triptans in patients with migraine. Gene polymorphisms including serotonin (5-HT)(1B) receptor G861C and dopamine...
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