Null mutation in scn9a in which noxious stimuli can be detected in the absence of pain

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 1577-1580

  Ramirez, Juan D ^a   Habib, Abdella M ^b   Cox, James J ^b   Themistocleous, Andreas C ^a   McMahon, Stephen B ^c   Wood, John N ^b   Bennett, David L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL ANALGESIA; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NOTE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCN9A GENE; SKIN BIOPSY; THERMAL STIMULATION; GENETICS; MUTATION;

SCN9A PROTEIN, HUMAN; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.7;

ADULT; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; NAV1.7 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; PAIN;

EID: 84925960124     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000913     Document Type: Note

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