Plasma β-endorphin levels and natural ki
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Renato Bernardini; Alessandra Tinè; Gaetano Mauceri; Maria Clorinda Mazzarino; G
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Article
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1992
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Springer
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English
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We have investigated plasma beta-endorphin (beta-E), ACTH, and cortisol in two cases of congenital indifference to pain (CIP), a rare syndrome characterized by unresponsiveness to painful stimuli. As the two patients had frequent skin infections, we also studied lymphocyte response to mitogens in th