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This case report discusses the case of a patient with congenital insensitivity to pain that presented with self-mutilation injuries to his hands and oral tissues caused by biting
Abstract:
Pain is a protective mechanism for the body. Absence of pain is a symptom in several disorders, both congenital and acquired. The congenital types are present at birth and affect the number and distribution of types of nerve fibers. At present, 5 types of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies have been identified. The various disorders within this group are classified according more...
International Classification:
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities - Report
Categories:
congenital insensitivity to pain
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod,
Vol: 101 Page: 58-62 January 2006
J. Butler; P. Fleming; D. Webb
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