First two papers published

 

 

EMER O’CONNOR, CARMEN FOURIER, CAROLINE RAN et.al. 

Genome-wide association study of patients with cluster headache from UK and Sweden

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The article

 

“We were surprised that we found such strong genetic connections […] This suggests that genetics plays an important role in this disease”

 

 

ASTER V E HARDER, BENDIK S WINSVOLD, RAYMOND NOORDAM et.al.

Genome-wide association study of patients with cluster headache from the Netherlands and Norway

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   The article

 

 

“These two papers turn the page in cluster headache research. They bring cluster headache research from the shadows to the center stage by providing, for the first time, hard biological evidence of a genetic component contributing to this disabling headache disorder” Arno Palotie MD, PhD