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Erythromelalgia: an endothelial disorder responsive to sodium nitroprusside
M K H Chan1, A T Tucker, S Madden
1Department of Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London WC1N 3JH, UK.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|August 24, 2002
Abstract:
Erythromelalgia is an unusual syndrome of painful vasodilatation. Aetiopathology is probably different in children and adults. Presentation can be severe and associated with hypertension. Dramatic benefit from infused nitroprusside suggests the disorder could represent a dysfunctional endothelium.