title: Pain and its absence in an unfortunate family of amputees.
abstract: A family is described in which 5 male members sustained major traumatic injuries of their limbs. Two of these men had amputations of two of their limbs. The one surviving amputee is left handed. The development of phantom sensations, phantom pain and stump pain was unpredictable, despite their being first-degree relatives, and was independent of handedness.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D000674:Amputees / Q000523:psychology*; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010375:Pedigree; D010591:Phantom Limb / Q000235:genetics* / Q000503:physiopathology