Title: Second gene identified for familial hemiplegic migraine
Abstract: 6 years after the discovery of the first gene associated with familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM), Italian researchers report that loss-of-function mutations in a single allele of ATP1A2, which encodes the 2 subunit of the sodium–potassium pump, are also associated with FHM. “This is the first genetic disease to be associated with the sodium–potassium pump”, says researcher Giorgio Casari (Dibit-San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy), “and the identification of mutations in this gene as a cause of migraine opens up a new perspective on the pathogenetic mechanism of migraine”.
Publication Year: 2003
Publication Date: 2003-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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