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A novel Nav1.7 mutation producing carbamazepine-responsive erythromelalgia.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jun 2009
Fischer Tanya Z, Gilmore Elaine S, Estacion Mark, Eastman Emmanuella, Taylor Sean, Melanson Michel, Dib-Hajj Sulayman D, Waxman Stephen G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Human and animal studies have shown that Na(v)1.7 sodium channels, which are preferentially expressed within nociceptors and sympathetic neurons, play a major role in inflammatory and neuropathic pain. Inherited erythromelalgia (IEM) has been linked to gain-of-function mutations of Na(v)1.7. We now report a novel mutation (V400M) in a three-generation Canadian family in which pain is relieved by...
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