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TITLE
Evidence for an X-linked genetic component in familial typical migraine.
ABSTRACT
Migraine is a common complex disorder that shows strong familial aggregation. There is a general increased prevalence of migraine in females compared with males, with recent studies indicating that migraine affects 18% of females compared with 6% of males. This preponderance of females among migraine sufferers coupled with evidence of an increased risk of migraine in first degree relatives of male probands but not in relatives of female probands suggests the possibility of an X-linked dominant gene. We report here the localization of a typical migraine susceptibility locus to the X chromosome. Of three large multigenerational migraine pedigrees two families showed significant excess allele sharing to Xq markers (P = 0.031 and P = 0.012). Overall analysis of data from all three pedigrees gave significant evidence in support of linkage and heterogeneity (HLOD = 3.1). These findings provide conclusive evidence that familial typical migraine is a heterogeneous disorder. We suggest that the localization of a migraine susceptibility locus to the X chromosome could in part explain the increased risk of migraine in relatives of male probands and may be involved in the increased female prevalence of this disorder.
DATE PUBLISHED
1998 Mar
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 1998/04/18
medline 1998/04/18 00:01
entrez 1998/04/18 00:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Nyholt DR Nyholt D R DR Genomics Research Centre, School of Health Science, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4217, Australia.
Dawkins JL Dawkins J L JL
Brimage PJ Brimage P J PJ
Goadsby PJ Goadsby P J PJ
Nicholson GA Nicholson G A GA
Griffiths LR Griffiths L R LR
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 7
ISSUE: 3
TITLE: Human molecular genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Hum. Mol. Genet.
YEAR: 1998
MONTH: Mar
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 0964-6906
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Hum Mol Genet
COUNTRY: England
ISSNLINKING: 0964-6906
NLMUNIQUEID: 9208958
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
Wellcome Trust United Kingdom
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Alleles
Chromosome Mapping
Disease Susceptibility
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Markers
Humans
Lod Score
Male
Migraine Disorders genetics
Pedigree genetics
Statistics, Nonparametric genetics
X Chromosome genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
0 Genetic Markers
OTHER ID's