title: Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis in an Iranian patient.
abstract: Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis is a rare disease of the nervous system which causes one to lose his/her feeling of pain. The disease is subtype four of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy (HSAN IV) that results from NTRK1 gene defect. Direct sequencing was performed to screen NTRK1 for mutations. The result revealed a homozygous deletion of adenine on intron 14 that may cause the disease.
authors.affiliation: Genetic Department, Medical School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Nasrollah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saleh-Gohari
authors.affiliation: Genetic Laboratory, Afzalipour Hospital, Kerman, Iran.
authors.forename: Marzye
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohammadi-Anaie