Congenital Insensitivity to Pain Overview

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The goals of this overview on congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) are the following.

Goal 1: To describe the clinical characteristics of congenital insensitivity to pain

Goal 2: To review the causes of congenital insensitivity to pain

Goal 3: To provide an evaluation strategy to identify the genetic cause of congenital insensitivity to pain in a proband

Goal 4: To inform genetic risk assessment of family members of a proband with congenital insensitivity to pain

Goal 5: To provide a brief summary of management of congenital insensitivity to pain