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A case of primary erythermalgia, wintry hypothermia and encephalopathy.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Jun 2007
Takahashi K, Saitoh M, Hoshino H, Mimaki M, Yokoyama Y, Takamizawa M, Mizuguchi M, Lin Z-M, Yang Y, Igarashi T
Abstract excerpt
Primary erythermalgia is a rare neuropathy characterized by attacks of burning pain and redness in the extremities in response to warm stimuli. We describe here a boy with erythermalgia whose painful attacks began in infancy. We found a novel mutation of SCN9A, which is a responsible gene for pri...
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