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Association between dopamine receptor genes and migraine without aura in a Sardinian sample.
Neurology - 1 Sept 1998
Del Zompo M, Cherchi A, Palmas M A, Ponti M, Bocchetta A, Gessa G L, Piccardi M P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Migraine seems to be caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Clinical and pharmacologic evidence supports the hypothesis that dopaminergic transmission is involved in the pathogenesis of migraine. OBJECTIVE: The current report concerns a genetic study to test the involvement of genes for dopamine (DA) receptors D2 (DRD2), D3 (DRD3), and D4 (DRD4) in migraine without aura,...
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