Sökning: "Migraine Disorders"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade orden Migraine Disorders.
1. Migraine comorbidities : Associations with psychiatric and gastrointestinal disorders
Sammanfattning : Migraine is a prevalent neurological disorder with a complex pathophysiology. One factor that potentially complicates migraine treatment is comorbidity between migraine and other disorders, including psychiatric and gastrointestinal disorders. LÄS MER
2. Genetics of pain : studies of migraine and pain insensitivity
Sammanfattning : Pain is a major public health issue throughout the world. Increased understanding of the different forms of pain and identification of susceptibility genes could contribute to improved treatments. LÄS MER
3. Rare pediatric movement disorders : clinical aspects of genotype, phenotype, and assessment
Sammanfattning : Pediatric movement disorders are defined by an impaired ability to initiate and control movements. Dystonia, one of these disorders, may cause a life-long severe motor disability. Pharmacological treatment is often insufficient, but deep brain stimulation (DBS) has turned out to be effective for some dystonia subtypes. LÄS MER
4. On genes involved in common neurological disorders : focus on Parkinson's disease
Sammanfattning : Parkinson’s disease and migraine are complex neurological disorders and it is likely that a combination of genetic risk factors are involved in the etiology of both these diseases. Papers in this thesis investigate candidate genes in the search of genetic risk factors contributing to disease. LÄS MER
5. Genotype-phenotype characterization of familial hyperkinetic movement disorders : emphasis on ataxia and brain calcifications
Sammanfattning : Differential diagnosis of familial chorea encompasses Huntington’s disease along with a group of conditions referred to as Huntington’s disease-like (HDL). One such HDL is an inherited prion disorder (IPD) caused by pathological insertions of 8 additional OPRIS in the prion protein gene (PRNP). LÄS MER