Article
Temporomandibular disorder-type pain and migraine headache in women: a preliminary twin study.
Journal of orofacial pain - 1 Jan 2012
Plesh Octavia, Noonan Carolyn, Buchwald Dedra S, Goldberg Jack, Afari Niloo
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To determine whether shared genetic influences are responsible for the association between pain from temporomandibular disorders (TMD) and migraine headache. METHODS: Data were obtained from 1,236 monozygotic and 570 dizygotic female twin pairs from the University of Washington Twin Registry. TMD pain was assessed with a question about persistent or recurrent pain in the jaw, temple, in front of the ear, or...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Analysis of Variance
- Chi-Square Distribution
- Diseases in Twins
- Facial Pain
- Female
- Gene-Environment Interaction
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
