Update Review and Clinical Presentation in Congenital Insensitivity to Pain and Anhidrosis

• Hauptverfasser: L. M. Pérez-López (Verfasst von), M. Cabrera-González (Verfasst von), D. Gutiérrez-de la Iglesia (Verfasst von), S. Ricart (Verfasst von), G. Knörr-Giménez (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction. Congenital insensitivity to pain and anhidrosis (CIPA) or hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type IV is an extremely rare syndrome. Three clinical findings define the syndrome: insensitivity to pain, impossibility to sweat, and mental retardation. This pathology is caused by a...