Is migraine a genetic illness? The various forms of migraine share a common genetic cause

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Russell, Michael Bjørn ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genetics; Hemiplegic migraine; Migraine with aura; Migraine without aura

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM) ALPHA2 SUBUNIT; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FAMILIAL HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; SPORADIC HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 45249105541     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-0887-4     Document Type: Article

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