Concordance of genetic risk across migraine subgroups: Impact on current and future genetic association studies

: Nyholt DR, Anttila V, Winsvold BS, Kurth T, Stefansson H, Kallela M, Malik R, de Vries B, Terwindt GM, Ikram MA, Stam AH, Ligthart L, Freilinger T, Alexander M, Muller-Myhsok B, Schreiber S, Meitinger T, Aromaa A, Eriksson JG, Kaprio J, Boomsma DI, van Duijn C, Raitakari O, Jarvelin MR, Zwart JA, Quaye L, Strachan DP, Kubisch C, Ferrari MD, van den Maagdenberg AMJM, Dichgans M, Wessman M, Smith GD, Stefansson K, Chasman DI, Palotie A

Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

: 2015

Cephalalgia

: CEPHALALGIA

: 35

: 6

: 489

: 499

: 11

: 0333-1024

: 1468-2982

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0333102414547784

Conclusions Any differences in common genetic risk across these subgroups are outweighed by the similarities. Meta-analysis of additional migraine GWA datasets, regardless of their major subgroup composition, will identify new susceptibility loci for migraine.