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LANCET NEUROLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 6, Pages 521-532Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70126-6
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM068875] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS037675] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM68875] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS37675] Funding Source: Medline
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Although family and twin studies show that there is a genetic component to migraine, no genes predisposing to common forms of the disorder have been identified. The most encouraging findings have emerged from the identification of genes causing rare mendelian traits that phenotypically resemble migraine. These studies have pointed migraine research towards ion-transport genes; however, there is no direct evidence of the involvement of these genes in common forms of migraine. Family-based linkage studies have identified several chromosomal regions linked to common forms of migraine, but there is little consistency between studies. The modest success in the identification of contributing gene variants has stimulated research into more effective strategies. These include new phenotyping methods for genetic studies and new study designs-such as case-control and whole-genome association studies-to identify common variants contributing to the trait.
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