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Single-Fiber Recordings of Nociceptive Fibers in Patients With HSAN Type V With Congenital Insensitivity to Pain.
The Clinical journal of pain - 1 Jul 2016
Sagafos Dagrun, Kleggetveit Inge P, Helås Tormod, Schmidt Roland, Minde Jan, Namer Barbara, Schmelz Martin, Jørum Ellen
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a protein important for growth and survival, but also for modulation of sensitivity of nociceptors and sympathetic neurons. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of reduced NGF signaling in patients with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies type V, congenital insensitivity to pain, caused by a mutation of the NGFβ gene, including a...
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