Migraine and antiphospholipid antibodies: No association found in migraine-discordant monozygotic twins

Cephalalgia

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1048-1052

  Williams, F M K ^a,c   Cherkas, L F ^a   Bertolaccini, M L ^b   Murru, V ^b   Surdulescu, G L ^a   Hughes, G R V ^b   Khamashta, M A ^b   Spector, T D ^a   MacGregor, A J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin; Antiphospholipid; Migraine; Monozygotic; Twin

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREVALENCE; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; BETA 2-GLYCOPROTEIN I; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 51649118162     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01646.x     Document Type: Article

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