Familial pain syndromes from mutations of the Nav1.7 sodium channel

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1184, Issue , 2010, Pages 196-207

  Fischer, Tanya Z ^a,b   Waxman, Stephen G ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Channelopathy associated insensitivity to pain; Dorsal root ganglion; Erythromelalgia; Neuropathic pain; Paroxysmal extreme pain disorder; Sodium channels; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; MEXILETINE; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.7; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; SCN9A PROTEIN, HUMAN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PAIN; PAROXYSMAL EXTREME PAIN DISORDER; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW; SODIUM CHANNELOPATHY; SPINAL GANGLION; ACTION POTENTIAL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; FACE PAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAMMAL; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ERYTHROMELALGIA; FACIAL NEURALGIA; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MUTATION; NEURONS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 77949896163     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05110.x     Document Type: Review

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