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Congenital insensitivity to pain in four related Saudi families.
Pediatric dermatology - 1 Jan 2000
Karkashan Eman M, Joharji Hanan S, Al-Harbi Naffaa N
Abstract excerpt
Congenital insensitivity to pain (hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy [HSAN] type V) is a rare disorder of pain perception in which pain sensation is absent from birth, with no other neurologic deficits. We report five Saudi patients (three male and two female) age 10 months to 23 years who lacked pain sensation from birth but have normal appreciation of other sensory modalities. They are from four...
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