Evidence of a genetic factor in migraine with aura: A population-based Danish twin study

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 242-246

  Ulrich, Vibeke ^a   Gervil, Morten ^a   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^b   Olesen, Jes ^a   Russell, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE RISK; SIBLING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DENMARK; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0032965665     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199902)45:2<242::AID-ANA15>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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