Cluster headache is an inherited disorder in some families

Headache

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 608-612

  Russell, Michael Bjørn ^a   Andersson, Poul Gertz ^b   Iselius, Lennert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Neurological Clinic   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cluster headache; familial aggregation; genetics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER HEADACHE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030462118     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.1996.3610608.x     Document Type: Article

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