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Sporadic hemiplegic migraine is an aetiologically heterogeneous disorder
L L Thomsen1, E Ostergaard, S F Romer
1The Danish Headache Centre, University of Copenhagen, Department of Neurology, Glostrup Hospital, Denmark. LLT@dadlnet.dk
Abstract:
In order to better understand sporadic hemiplegic migraine (SHM) and particularly its relation to familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM), migraine without aura (MO) and typical migraine with aura (typical MA), we investigated the occurrence of MO and typical MA among probands with SHM and their first-degree relatives. The pattern of familial aggregation of MO and typical MA was assessed by population relative risk calculations. A total of 105 SHM probands and 483 first-degree relatives were identified in the Danish population. Compared with the general population, SHM probands had no increased risk of MO, but a highly increased risk of typical MA. First-degree relatives of all SHM probands had an increased risk of both MO and typical MA, whereas first-degree relatives of probands with exclusively SHM had no increased risk of MO but an increased risk of typical MA. Our data suggest that SHM is a genetically heterogeneous disorder.
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