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- Title
Congenital insensitivity to pain in a 1-year-old boy.
- Authors
Navya, M; Pramod, G; Sujatha, G; Ashok, L; Navya, M K; Pramod, G V; Sujatha, G P
- Abstract
Congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic condition which causes reduced pain sensation, thermal sensation, and habit of self-mutilation. It is a life-threatening condition where due to reduced pain sensation, patient might not understand the severity of the injury which can eventually lead to death. Such people live a compromised life and can also affect them psychologically. Here, we are reporting a case of an infant with clinical features suggestive of CIP with a mutation in exon 5 of PRDM12 gene. The child has minimal response to pain along with self-mutilation and mental retardation.
- Subjects
INTELLECTUAL disabilities; SELF-mutilation; SENSES
- Publication
Journal of the Indian Society of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, 2019, Vol 37, Issue 3, p308
- ISSN
0970-4388
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.4103/JISPPD.JISPPD_340_18