What is the evolutionary advantage of migraine?

Cephalalgia

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 624-632

  Loder, Elizabeth ^a  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genetics; Migraine; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL; ENVIRONMENT; REVIEW;

DEFENSE MECHANISMS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 0036782815     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.2002.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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