Assessing the relative incidence of mitochondrial DNA A3243G in migraine without aura with maternal inheritance

Headache

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 568-571

  Di Gennaro, G ^a   Buzzi, M G ^a   Ciccarelli, O ^b   Santorelli, F M ^c   Pierelli, F ^a,c   Fortini, D ^c   D'Onofrio, M ^a   Costa, A ^c,d   Nappi, G ^c,d   Casali, C ^c  

^a IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

MELAS; Migraine; Mitochondria; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIGRAINE; MITOCHONDRION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; MOTHERS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033931918     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2000.00088.x     Document Type: Article

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