Mondo Description Hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy, type 5 (HSAN5) is characterized by loss of pain perception and impaired temperature sensitivity, in the absence of any other major neurological anomalies.

Uniprot Description A form of hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy, a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by degeneration of dorsal root and autonomic ganglion cells, and by sensory and/or autonomic abnormalities. HSAN5 patients manifest loss of pain perception and impaired temperature sensitivity, ulcers, and in some cases self-mutilation. The autonomic involvement is variable.

Disease Ontology Description A hereditary sensory neuropathy characterized by impaired pain and thermal perception in the extremities and selective reduction in small myelinated fibers that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the NGF gene on chromosome 1p13.