Talk:Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis

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[edit] External

External link seems to be broken, can someone fix this?

[edit] Is this actually CIPA?

We say: "CIPA is extremely rare. There are only 35 reported cases in the United States and more than 300 in Japan because it occurs more often in genetically homogeneous societies. It is also found in Vittangi, a Swedish village in Kiruna Municipality in northern Sweden, where nearly 40 cases have been reported; however, the disorder found in Vittangi may be of a different kind because those affected can perspire."

If this disorder does not come with anhidrosis, how is it CIPA? Skittle 20:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

It isn't CIPA, its just CIP, which is linked to in the "See Also." I'll go ahead and move it. Trance Blossom (talk) 23:40, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] CIPA is not CIP,

CIP: Congenital "indifference" to pain CIPA: Congenital "insensitivity" to pain with anhidrosis

CIPA caused by neuropathies of peripheral nerves, by mutation of NTRK1 gene.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=256800 CIP caused by channelopathies of nerves, by mutation of SCN6A gene. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/dispomim.cgi?id=243000

by bc —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.94.13.127 (talk) 01:02, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] References

There are two references as of now. Both of them refer to fiction TV shows!! What is up with that?? The TV shows can refer to the medical page but not the other way around. The cases described aren't even real. I think these references should be removed from the article and be replaced by scientific publications. I'll wait a few days to do that myself if there is no opposition. Lukas 04:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Whoever changed it, "In fiction" instead of "References" sounds acceptable to me.Lukas 23:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Number of Cases

The article states that there are sixty CIPA cases in the United States, but at least one of the external links states that there are only 35. Which is correct? Is there a doctor in the house?!

[edit] Merger proposal

I think this article and the article for Congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) overlap quite a bit; CIPA should just be a subsection on the CIP page. --Trance Blossom (talk) 01:14, 15 May 2008 (UTC)