Los anticuerpos CGRP como profilaxis en la migraña

Lars Edvinsson1

  • 1Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.

Cell
|December 15, 2018
PubMed
Resumen

Los nuevos anticuerpos monoclonales dirigidos a las vías del péptido relacionado con el gen de la calcitonina (CGRP) representan un avance significativo en la prevención de la migraña, ofreciendo una mayor eficacia que los tratamientos tradicionales. Estas terapias dirigidas son las primeras en enfocarse en el sistema de dolor trigémino para la profilaxis de la migraña.

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