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A visual migraine aura locus maps to 9q21-q22.

P Tikka-Kleemola1, V Artto, S Vepsäläinen

  • 1Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. maija.wessman@helsinki.fi

Neurology
|April 14, 2010
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Researchers identified a new genetic region on chromosome 9q21-q22 linked to visual migraine aura. This finding suggests shared genetic factors between migraine with aura and certain types of epilepsy.

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