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Migraine association and linkage studies of an endothelial nitric oxide synthase (NOS3) gene polymorphism.
Neurology - 1 Aug 1997
Griffiths L R, Nyholt D R, Curtain R P, Goadsby P J, Brimage P J
Abstract excerpt
Migraine shows strong familial aggregation. However, the number of genes involved in the disorder is unknown and not identified. Nitric oxide is involved in the central processing of pain stimuli and plays an important role in the regulation of basal or stimulated vasodilation. Nitric oxide synthase, which controls the synthesis of nitric oxide, could possibly be a cause, or candidate gene, in migraine etiology....
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