title: Genetics of migraine.
abstract: Although family studies and twin studies are not sufficiently reliable to establish this theory with certainty, migraine likely is influenced by hereditary susceptibility. The association of migraine with a large number of hereditary diseases opens the possibility to choose candidate chromosomes for linkage studies. A rare subtype of migraine, familial hemiplegic migraine, is linked to chromosome 19p and at least one other locus. The chromosome 19p also seems to be involved in "normal" migraine, although conflicting results have been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Leiden University Hospital, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haan
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Terwindt
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Ferrari
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics*