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Congenital Insensibility to Pain
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 +2 more
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Congenital insensitivity to pain and anhidrosis: A case report from South India
Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis, also known as hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type IV, is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the congenital lack of pain sensation, inability to sweat, episodes of recurrent ...
Carounanidy Udayashankar +2 more
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Educating Radiologists About Pain [PDF]
It is vital that radiologists understand pain. After all, it is the most common symptom that leads patients to seek medical care, and represents one of the most common indications for diagnostic and interventional radiological procedures 1, 2 and 3.
Fogler, Brian D., Gunderman, Richard B.
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Norrbottnian congenital insensitivity to pain
Congenital insensitivity to pain is a rare hereditary neuropathy. We present patients from a large family in Norrbotten, Sweden with a mutation in the nerve growth factor beta gene (NGFbeta). Using a model of recessive inheritance, we identified an 8.3-Mb region on chromosome 1p11.2-p13.2 shared by the affected individuals in the family.
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Speech-language findings on pain congenital insensitivity with anhydrosis: case report [PDF]
PURPOSE: case report of congenital insensitivity to pain with anhydrosis of a 3-year-old child as well as discussing the speech-language findings, in relation to the aspects of the stomatognathic system, highlighting the process of rehabilitation for ...
Chiappetta, Ana Lúcia de Magalhães Leal +1 more
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Loss of function of Nav1.7 leads to congenital insensitivity to pain in humans. Here the authors found that activation of Nav1.9 can restore nociception in Nav1.7 knockout mice, revealed by a venom-derived peptide as a probe.
Xi Zhou +14 more
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Nuclear medicine procedures and the evaluation of male sexual organs: a short review [PDF]
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 +39 more
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Current evidence for a modulation of low back pain by human genetic variants [PDF]
The manifestation of chronic back pain depends on structural, psychosocial, occupational and genetic influences. Heritability estimates for back pain range from 30% to 45%. Genetic influences are caused by genes affecting intervertebral disc degeneration
Aberle +200 more
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Nav1.7 and other voltage-gated sodium channels as drug targets for pain relief [PDF]
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
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 +2 more
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