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Innocenzo Rainero1, Edvige Fasano, Elisa Rubino, Chiara Rivoiro, Walter Valfrè, Salvatore Gallone, Lidia Savi, Salvatore Gentile, Rossana Lo Giudice, Paola De Martino, Anna Maria Dall'Omo, Lorenzo Pinessi.
Abstract
We examined the distribution of HLA-DRB1 alleles in a cohort of 255 Italian migraine patients and in a control group of 325 healthy subjects. The frequency of DRB1*12 allele was found to be significantly reduced (p=0.02) in patients with migraine while the DRB1*16 allele was significantly increased (p=0.04) in comparison with controls. When the patients were divided into disease subgroups (migraine with and without aura), HLA-DRB1**16 allele was significantly increased (p<0.05) only in migraine without aura patients. We conclude that, in Italian patients, migraine is associated with different alleles of the HLA-DRB1 locus. Our data suggest the presence of a genetic susceptibility factor for migraine within the HLA region.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16362659 PMCID: PMC3452004 DOI: 10.1007/s10194-005-0180-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Headache Pain ISSN: 1129-2369 Impact factor: 7.277