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JULY 21, 2017

Some Patients With Erythromelalgia Respond Well to Corticosteroids

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Gabriel Pagani-Estévez, MD

Orlando, Fla.—Patients with the rare disease erythromelalgia who responded favorably to corticosteroid treatment have been found to have specific characteristics: They reached maximum pain intensity within 21 days of onset, described a clear trigger to their disease (typically surgery or trauma) and were treated more promptly with steroids after diagnosis.

The study’s principal investigator, Gabriel Pagani-Estévez, MD, a senior neurology