Pain Insensitivity, Congenital
Synonyms
Analgesia, Congenital
Channelopathy-Associated Insensitivity To Pain
Congenital Analgesia
Congenital Indifference to Pain
Congenital Insensitivity To Pain
Congenital Pain Indifference
Congenital Pain Indifferences
Congenital Pain Insensitivity
Insensitivity To Pain, Congenital
Insensitivity, Congenital Pain
Pain Indifference, Congenital
A syndrome characterized by indifference to PAIN despite the ability to distinguish noxious from non-noxious stimuli. Absent corneal reflexes and INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY may be associated. Familial forms with autosomal recessive and autosomal dominant patterns of inheritance have been described. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1343)