Analysis of 31 families with an apparently autosomal-dominant transmission of migraine with aura in the nuclear family

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 395-397

  Ulrich, Vibeke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Genetic transmission; Inheritance; Migraine with aura

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PENETRANCE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030807537     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970725)74:4<395::AID-AJMG10>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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