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Our aims are to determine the frequency of\n                      <jats:italic>SCN9A<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>SCN10A<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>SCN11A<\/jats:italic>\n                      variants in patients with pure small fibre neuropathy (SFN), analyse their clinical features and provide a rationale for genetic screening.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Between September 2009 and January 2017, 1139 patients diagnosed with pure SFN at our reference centre were screened for\n                      <jats:italic>SCN9A<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>SCN10A<\/jats:italic>\n                      and\n                      <jats:italic>SCN11A<\/jats:italic>\n                      variants. Pathogenicity of variants was classified according to established guidelines of the Association for Clinical Genetic Science and frequencies were determined. Patients with SFN were grouped according to the VGSC variants detected, and clinical features were compared.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Among 1139 patients with SFN, 132 (11.6%) patients harboured 73 different (potentially) pathogenic VGSC variants, of which 50 were novel and 22 were found in \u2265 1 patient. The frequency of (potentially) pathogenic variants was 5.1% (n=58\/1139) for\n                      <jats:italic>SCN9A,<\/jats:italic>\n                      3.7% (n=42\/1139) for\n                      <jats:italic>SCN10A<\/jats:italic>\n                      and 2.9% (n=33\/1139) for\n                      <jats:italic>SCN11A<\/jats:italic>\n                      . Only erythromelalgia-like symptoms and warmth-induced pain were significantly more common in patients harbouring VGSC variants.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      (Potentially) pathogenic VGSC variants are present in 11.6% of patients with pure SFN. 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