Temporomandibular disorder-type pain and migraine headache in women: a preliminary twin study.

Octavia Plesh, Carolyn Noonan, Dedra Buchwald, Jack Goldberg, Niloo Afari

PubMed · 2012 · 32 citations · 0 references

Abstract

These preliminary findings suggest that the association between TMD pain and migraine headache in women may be partially due to a modest shared genetic risk for both conditions. Future studies can focus on replicating these findings with symptom- and diagnosis-based instruments.