Because epilepsy and headache share some common clinical features, these two disorders have long been associated with each other. Many experimental studies demonstrated that both migraine a genetic predisposition pathophysiological mechanisms. In addition, is commonly observed as preictal, ictal, postictal symptom in patients, there are several interesting reports describing patients who experi...

Introduction The AACR Special Conference on The Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer was held January 18–23, 2003 at Waikoloa, Hawaii. Approximately 400 attendees from around the world heard state-of-the-art talks, many with new data on methods and applications. A range of sessions covered epidemiological, statistical, and laboratory methods; genetic susceptibility and human biomonitori...

First, how genetic is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)? We know that there are clear ‘Mendelian’ forms of the disease where the classic Mendelian rules of inheritance apply, and several first-degree and second-degree relatives are affected by the disease. Prospective population-based registries show that the rate of this Mendelian form of ALS is about 5% (and not 10% as most often is assumed...