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Two novel SCN9A gene heterozygous mutations may cause partial deletion of pain perception.
Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) - 1 Oct 2011
Yuan Ruimei, Zhang Xianwei, Deng Qian, Si Dayong, Wu Yuan, Gao Feng, Zhou Biyun
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OBJECTIVE: The physiological sensation of pain and rapid response to stimuli serve as an adaptive way to avoid harmful situations. Our purpose was to investigate why this protection disappears or almost disappears for patients with congenital indifference to pain (CIP). DESIGN: The study was designed as a case report by scanning the candidate genes within CIP patients. SETTING: The study was set at the Department...
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