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Association of the long pentraxin PTX3 gene polymorphism (rs3816527) with migraine in an Iranian population.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Feb 2015
Zandifar Alireza, Iraji Niloufar, Taheriun Maryam, Tajaddini Mohamadhasan, Javanmard Shaghayegh Haghjooy
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Migraine is a common neurovascular disorder with multifactorial and polygenic inheritance. It has been shown that migraine may be a form of sterile neurogenic inflammation. Pentaxins 3 (PTX3) has been detected in brain during inflammatory responses. The aim of our study was to investigate the association of rs3816527 polymorphism of the PTX3 gene and migraine in an Iranian population. METHOD: We...
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