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Investigation of chemokine receptor CCR2V64Il gene polymorphism and migraine without aura in the Iranian population.
TheScientificWorldJournal - 1 Jan 2013
Zandifar Alireza, Taheriun Maryam, Soleimani Samira, Haghdoost Faraidoon, Tajaddini Mohamadhasan, Javanmard Shaghayegh Haghjooy
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Migraine is a multifactorial common neurovascular disease with a polygenic inheritance. Inflammation plays an important part in migraine pathophysiology. C-C chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2) is an important chemokine for monocyte aggregation and transendothelial monocyte migration. The aim of our study was to investigate the association of migraine with CCR2V64Il polymorphism in the Iranian...
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