Congenital indifference to pain: report on two families
KMJ-Kuwait Medical Journal. 1996; 28 (2): 197-9
in English
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| ID: emr-41710
ABSTRACT
Congenital indifference to pain is a rare disorder characterised by absence of normal subjective and objective responses to noxious stimuli in patients with intact central and peripheral nervous systems. In this report, we describe five girls affected by this rare disorder. The five girls are members of two families living in Kuwait. The clinical presentation of this disorder as well as its complications are illustrated
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Pain
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Pain Insensitivity, Congenital
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Kuwait Med. J.
Year:
1996
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