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September 12, 2022
Bidirectional Association Between Fibromyalgia and Migraine Among Probands and Unaffected Non-Twin Siblings: A Nationwide Population-Based Study - PubMed

Bidirectional Association Between Fibromyalgia and Migraine Among Probands and Unaffected Non-Twin Siblings: A Nationwide Population-Based Study - PubMed

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36054795/

doi: 10.1111/papr.13160. Online ahead of print. 1 Department of Psychiatry, Beitou Branch, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. 2 Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. 3 Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.


Conclusion: The bidirectional association between fibromyalgia and migraine among probands and unaffected siblings suggests a familial coaggregation of these two conditions. Additional studies are required to investigate the genetic and environmental etiologies for this coaggregation.

  • September 12, 2022
    Interesting study that explored the bidirectional relationship between fibromyalgia and migraine among probands with either of the two disorders and their unaffected siblings
  • September 09, 2022
    Treating fibromyalgia can be very difficult