Migraine and angiotensin-converting enzyme association in Turkish patients
Pain Clinic, vol.15, no.4, pp.473-477, 2003 (Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 15 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 2003
- Doi Number: 10.1163/156856903770196881
- Journal Name: Pain Clinic
- Journal Indexes: Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.473-477
- Keywords: ACE, Genetics, Migraine, PCR
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Although there are an increasing number of publications claiming involvement of the ACE I/D polymorphism in mood disorders, none of them has been able to show any linkage between allele and genotypical distributions and psychiatric disorders. We investigated the possibility of association between ACE I/D polymorphism and migraine in 200 migraineurs and 231 control subjects of Turkish origin. No association was found between ACE I/D polymorphism and migraine. However, the results of our study suggested that the DD genotype is more frequent in men than in women.