Article
Prader-Willi syndrome: genetic tests and clinical findings.
Genetic testing - 1 Jan 2000
Fridman C, Varela M C, Kok F, Setian N, Koiffmann C P
Abstract excerpt
Here we describe the genetic studies performed in 53 patients with the suspected diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). PWS is characterized by neonatal hypotonia, hypogonadism, delayed psychomotor development, hyperphagia, obesity, short stature, small hands and feet, learning disabilities, a...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cohort Studies
- DNA Methylation
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infant
- Lymphocytes
- Male
