About The Medical Condition Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis, Congenital

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Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis, Congenital

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Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis, Congenital Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis, Congenital?

A group of inherited disorders characterized by degeneration of dorsal root and autonomic ganglion cells, and clinically by loss of sensation and autonomic dysfunction. There are five subtypes. Type I features autosomal dominant inheritance and distal sensory involvement. Type II is characterized by autosomal inheritance and distal and proximal sensory loss. Type III is DYSAUTONOMIA, FAMILIAL. Type IV features insensitivity to pain, heat intolerance, and mental deficiency. Type V is characterized by a selective loss of pain with intact light touch and vibratory sensation. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1995, Ch51, pp142-4)

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