IMMUNOCYTE ENUMERATION IN DUODENAL BIOPSIES OF MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA PATIENTS WITH OR WITHOUT FOOD-INDUCED MIGRAINE

Authors
PRADALIER A DESAINTMAUR P LAMY F LAUNAY JM
Citation
A. Pradalier et al., IMMUNOCYTE ENUMERATION IN DUODENAL BIOPSIES OF MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA PATIENTS WITH OR WITHOUT FOOD-INDUCED MIGRAINE, Cephalalgia, 14(5), 1994, pp. 365-367
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Cephalalgia → ACNP
ISSN journal
03331024
Volume
14
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
365 - 367
Database
ISI
SICI code
0333-1024(1994)14:5<365:IEIDBO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The possibility of an IgE-mediated allergic mechanism in food-induced migraine remains controversial. Twenty consecutive migraine patients, II with food-induced migraine, 9 without, were investigated for determ ination and counting of immunocyte populations (IgA, IgM, IgE, IgG con taining cells) by biopsies at duodenum 2 level. Conventional histology and plasmocyte populations were not significantly different between t he two groups of migraine patients. This study does not support the ex istence of an IgE-mediated allergic mechanism in food-induced migraine .