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Abdominal Migraine

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
A family history of migraine is frequently seen in abdominal migraine and as with other forms of migraine, the condition appears more commonly to be inherited from the mother.

Prenatal diagnosis
None.

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Medical text written October 2002 by Dr D N K Symon. Last updated June 2007 by Dr D.N.K. Symon Consultant Paediatrician, University Hospital of Hartlepool, Hartlepool, UK.

 

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