About The Medical Condition Congenital Indifference to Pain
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Congenital Indifference to Pain
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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Congenital Indifference to Pain?
A syndrome characterized by indifference to PAIN despite the ability to distinguish noxious from nonnoxious stimuli. Absent corneal reflexes and MENTAL RETARDATION may be associated. Familial forms with autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant patterns of inheritance have been described. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1343)
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