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Anesthetic management during adenotonsillectomy for twins with congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis: two case reports

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2017
Background Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by hyperpyrexia, anhidrosis, pain insensitivity, self-inflicted injuries, and intellectual disability.
Cong Wang, Xianwei Zhang, Shanna Guo, Jiaoli Sun, Ningbo Li   +4 more
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Genetic neurological channelopathies: molecular genetics and clinical phenotypes [PDF]

, 2015
Evidence accumulated over recent years has shown that genetic neurological channelopathies can cause many different neurological diseases. Presentations relating to the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerve or muscle mean that channelopathies can impact ...
Hanna, MG, Kullmann, DM, Spillane, J
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Pregnancy in hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type V: A case report and literature review

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022
Objective: Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies (HSANs) are a clinical heterogenous group of inherited neuropathies featuring prominent sensory and autonomic involvement. We report on the management of pregnancy and delivery in a woman with HSAN
Daisuke Higeta, Akihito Morita, Risa Uehara, Maki Inoue, Takashi Kameda, Akira Iwase   +5 more
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Nav1.7 and other voltage-gated sodium channels as drug targets for pain relief [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Chronic pain is a massive clinical problem. We discuss the potential of subtype selective sodium channel blockers that may provide analgesia with limited side effects.
Emery, EC, Luiz, AP, Wood, JN
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Congenital insensitivity to pain: Review with dental implications

Indian Journal of Pain, 2014
Pain causes a reflex withdrawal from any stimuli that can cause actual or potential tissue damage. It is frequently an early symptom of a disease process and is often the impetus for a patient to seek medical treatment.
A Vijay Kumar, H P Jaishankar, Purnachandrarao Naik   +2 more
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Nuclear medicine procedures and the evaluation of male sexual organs: a short review [PDF]

, 2008
Sexuality consists of three aspects that are interrelated and inseparable, biological, physiological and social. The biological aspect considers the individual's capability to give and to receive pleasure.
Adenilson de Souza da Fonseca, Bernardo-Filho M., Beutel M. E., Bouchelouche K., Chaffanjon P. C., Choe W., Dennerstein L., Fanti S., Ganjoo K. N., Gerber G., Halac M., Hatzimouratidis H., Jana S., Kevin Carter, Kim C. K., Kolodny R. C., Kotzerke J., Kotzerke J., Kumar V., Lange P. H., Mario Bernardo-Filho, Masters W. H., Orhan I., Perkins A., Perkins A., Ravizzini G., Roivainen A., Ryu J., Saha G., Sebastião David Santos-Filho, Shen Y. Y., Sotiris Missailidis, Stelzner F., Sumich A. L., Timmermans L., Tóth G., Valdés Olmos R. A., Warren G. P., Willan B. D., Zuckier L. S.   +39 more
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Congenital Insensibility to Pain

Medisur, 2023
Congenital insensitivity to pain is a condition that is present at birth, the affected individual is unable to perceive physical pain. The main symptoms include: wounds, bruises, fractures, self-mutilations, which can go unnoticed due to lack of ...
Carlos Gustavo López Barrionuevo, Génesis Camila Romero Paredes, Byron Omar Montero Carpio   +2 more
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Analgesic Effects of GpTx-1, PF-04856264 and CNV1014802 in a Mouse Model of NaV1.7-Mediated Pain [PDF]

, 2016
Loss-of-function mutations of NaV1.7 lead to congenital insensitivity to pain, a rare condition resulting in individuals who are otherwise normal except for the inability to sense pain, making pharmacological inhibition of NaV1.7 a promising therapeutic ...
Alewood, P., Dekan, Z., Deuis, J., Durek, T., Hoffmann, T., Lewis, R., Nassar, M., Sousa, S., Vetter, I., Weidner, C., Wingerd, J., Winter, Z., Zimmermann, K.   +12 more
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Congenital insensitivity to pain and anhidrosis

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics, 2011
Congenital insensitivity to pain and anhidrosis (CIPA) is a rare reported entity characterised by disturbance in the pain and temperature perception due to involvement of the autonomic and sensory nervous system. It is an autosomal recessive trait with several defects of the gene NTRK1 coding for the neurotrophic tyrosine kinase - a nerve growth factor
Sasnur, Ashok H, Sasnur, Prakash A, Ghaus-ul, Raza Shamikh Muneer   +2 more
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“It’s the end of the world as we know it and we feel fantastic: examining the end of suffering” [PDF]

, 2018
This paper examines the consequences of the transhumanist goal to eliminate the suffering of all sentient beings. While transhumanists identify numerous approaches to this goal, the endgame is genetic modification of humans and natural predators ...
Renstrom, Joelle
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