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Sodium channel Nav1.7 in vascular myocytes, endothelium, and innervating axons in human skin.
Molecular pain - 9 May 2015
Rice Frank L, Albrecht Phillip J, Wymer James P, Black Joel A, Merkies Ingemar Sj, Faber Catharina G, Waxman Stephen G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The skin is a morphologically complex organ that serves multiple complementary functions, including an important role in thermoregulation, which is mediated by a rich vasculature that is innervated by sympathetic and sensory endings. Two autosomal dominant disorders characterized by episodes of severe pain, inherited erythromelalgia (IEM) and paroxysmal extreme pain disorder (PEPD) have been directly...
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