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SCN9A mutations in paroxysmal extreme pain disorder: allelic variants underlie distinct channel defects and phenotypes.
Neuron - 7 Dec 2006
Fertleman Caroline R, Baker Mark D, Parker Keith A, Moffatt Sarah, Elmslie Frances V, Abrahamsen Bjarke, Ostman Johan, Klugbauer Norbert, Wood John N, Gardiner R Mark, Rees Michele
Abstract excerpt
Paroxysmal extreme pain disorder (PEPD), previously known as familial rectal pain (FRP, or OMIM 167400), is an inherited condition characterized by paroxysms of rectal, ocular, or submandibular pain with flushing. A genome-wide linkage search followed by mutational analysis of the candidate gene SCN9A, which encodes hNa(v)1.7, identified eight missense mutations in 11 families and 2 sporadic cases. Functional...
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