Immunocyte enumeration in duodenal biopsies of migraine without aura patients with or without food-induced migraine.
The possibility of an IgE-mediated allergic mechanism in food-induced migraine remains controversial. Twenty consecutive migraine patients, 11 with food-induced migraine, 9 without, were investigated for determination and counting of immunocyte populations (IgA, IgM, IgE, IgG containing cells) by biopsies at duodenum 2 level. Conventional histology and plasmocyte populations were not significantly different between the two groups of migraine patients. This study does not support the existence of an IgE-mediated allergic mechanism in food-induced migraine.
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Service de Médecine Interne, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Colombes, France.
de Saint Maur
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Lamy
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Launay
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D004386:Duodenum / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*
D007136:Immunoglobulins