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Early- and late-onset inherited erythromelalgia: genotype-phenotype correlation.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jul 2009
Han Chongyang, Dib-Hajj Sulayman D, Lin Zhimiao, Li Yan, Eastman Emmanuella M, Tyrrell Lynda, Cao Xianwei, Yang Yong, Waxman Stephen G
Abstract excerpt
Inherited erythromelalgia (IEM), an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by severe burning pain in response to mild warmth, has been shown to be caused by gain-of-function mutations of sodium channel Na(v)1.7 which is preferentially expressed within dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and sympathetic ganglion neurons. Almost all physiologically characterized cases of IEM have been associated with onset in early...
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