Localization of a gene for migraine without aura to chromosome 4q21.
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Authors
Bjornsson, AsgeirGudmundsson, Gretar
Gudfinnsson, Einar
Hrafnsdottir, María
Benedikz, John
Skuladottir, Svanhildur
Kristjansson, Kristleifur
Frigge, Michael L
Kong, Augustine
Stefansson, Kari
Gulcher, Jeffrey R
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2003-11-01
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Am. J. Hum. Genet. 2003, 73(5):986-93Abstract
Migraine is a common form of headache and has a significant genetic component. Here, we report linkage results from a study in Iceland of migraine without aura (MO). The study group comprised patients with migraine recruited by neurologists and from the registry of the Icelandic Migraine Society, as well as through the use of a questionnaire sent to a random sample of 20,000 Icelanders. Migraine diagnoses were made and confirmed using diagnostic criteria established by the International Headache Society. A genome-wide scan with multipoint allele-sharing methods was performed on 289 patients suffering from MO. Linkage was observed to a locus on chromosome 4q21 (LOD=2.05; P=.001). The locus reported here overlaps a locus (MGR1) reported elsewhere for patients with migraine with aura (MA) in the Finnish population. This replication of the MGR1 locus in families with MO indicates that the gene we have mapped may contribute to both MA and MO. Further analysis indicates that the linkage evidence improves for affected females and, especially, with a slightly relaxed definition of MO (LOD=4.08; P=7.2 x 10(-6)).Description
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