Article
[Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis associated with congenital myasthenic syndrome].
Revista de neurologia - 1 Jan 2000
Raspall-Chaure M, Del Toro-Riera M, Gratacós M, Cuenca-León E, Ferrer I, Indo Y, Roig-Quilis M, Macaya-Ruiz A
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) or hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type IV (HSAN IV) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder featuring recurrent fever episodes, inability to sweat, absent response to noxious stimuli, self mutilating behavior and mental retardation. It has been associated with mutations in the NTRK1 gene, located in 1q21-22 and encoding a...
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