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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...
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