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Clinical features for diagnosis and management of patients with PRDM12 congenital insensitivity to pain.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2016
Zhang Stella, Malik Sharif Saghira, Chen Ya-Chun, Valente Enza-Maria, Ahmed Mushtaq, Sheridan Eamonn, Bennett Christopher, Woods Geoffrey
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) is a rare extreme phenotype characterised by an inability to perceive pain present from birth due to lack of, or malfunction of, nociceptors. PRDM12 has recently been identified as a new gene that can cause CIP. The full phenotype and natural history have not yet been reported. METHODS: We have ascertained five adult patients and report their clinical features....
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