Causal association between systemic lupus erythematosus and the risk of migraine: A Mendelian randomization study
Meixuan Ren,
Hangtian Yu,
Bing Xiao
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundNumerous studies have found that patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often have comorbid headache, especially migraine. However, the causal relationship between genetically determined SLE and migraine risk remains unclear. Therefore, we conducted a Mendelian randomization (MR) study to explore this causal association.MethodsGenome‐wide association studies (GWAS) provided the instrumental variables. We selected summary data from GWAS of SLE as exposure (5201 SLE patients and 9066 controls… Show more
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