Genetic heterogeneity of familial hemiplegic migraine
- INSERUM U25, Paris (France)
- Hopital St. Antoine, Paris (France)
- Hopital St. Vincent de Paul, Paris (France)
- Hopital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris (France)
- Clinique Neurologique du C.H. et U. Montpellier-Nimes (France)
- Hopital de la Timone, Marseille (France); and others
Familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM) is an autosomal dominant variety of migraine with aura. We previously mapped a gene for this disorder to the short arm of chromosome 19, within a 30-cM interval bracketed by D19S216 and D19S215. Linkage analysis conducted on two large pedigrees did not show any evidence of heterogeneity, despite their clinical differences due to the presence, in one family, of cerebellar ataxia and nystagmus. Herein we report linkage data on seven additional FHM families including another one with cerebellar ataxia. Analysis was conducted with a set of seven markers spanning the D19S216-D19S215 interval. Two-point and multipoint strong evidence for genetic heterogeneity. Strong evidence of linkage was obtained in two families and of absence of linkage in four families. The posterior probability of being of the linked type was >.95 in the first two families and <.01 in four other ones. It was not possible to draw any firm conclusion for the last family. Thus, within the nine families so far tested, four were linked, including those with associated cerebellar ataxia. We could not find any clinical difference between the pure FHM families regardless of whether they were linked. In addition to the demonstration of genetic heterogeneity of FHM, this study also allowed us to establish that the most likely location of the gene was within an interval of 12 cM between D19S413 and D19S226.
- OSTI ID:
- 56727
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 55, Issue 6; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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