A new Nav1.7 sodium channel mutation I234T in a child with severe pain
Ahn H, Dib‐Hajj S, Cox JJ, Tyrrell L, Elmslie FV, Clarke AA, Drenth JP, Woods CG, Waxman SG. A new Nav1.7 sodium channel mutation I234T in a child with severe pain. European Journal Of Pain 2010, 14: 944-950. PMID: 20385509, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.03.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSevere painSevere pain symptomsYear old patientAvoidance of triggersWhole-cell voltage-clamp analysisPain episodesPain symptomsOlder patientsDrug treatmentVoltage-clamp analysisPainRamp depolarizationIEM patientsPatient's genomic DNAMild warmthPatientsSodium channelsFunction mutationsT mutationLimited reliefMonthsActivation shiftActivationRednessMutations