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Sisters with No Pain, No Tears: A Report of a New Variant of Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathy (Type IX) Caused by a Novel SCN11A Mutation

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Lack of pain sensation in children involves a rare group of heritable disorders; hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN). Till date, eight types of HSAN have been described depending on… Click to show full abstract

Lack of pain sensation in children involves a rare group of heritable disorders; hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN). Till date, eight types of HSAN have been described depending on the clinical phenotype and the underlying gene mutation. We report a new variant of HSAN (Type IX) in two siblings (of Indian origin) with a novel mutation of SCN11Agene and a distinct clinical phenotype.

Keywords: report new; autonomic neuropathy; sensory autonomic; new variant; hereditary sensory; mutation

Journal Title: Indian Journal of Dermatology
Year Published: 2020

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