Article
[Clinical, genetic and molecular features in 45 patients with Prader-Willi syndrome].
Revista medica de Chile - 1 Jan 2005
Cortés M Fanny, Alliende R M Angélica, Barrios R Andrés, Curotto L Bianca, Santa María V Lorena, Barraza O Ximena, Troncoso A Ledia, Mellado S Cecilia, Pardo V Rosa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a neurogenetic disease characterized by neonatal hypotonia, retarded mental and motor development, hypogonadism, hyperphagia, morbid obesity and dysmorphic facial features. It has an incidence of 1:12.000-15.000 newborns and is caused by abnormalities in genes located in 15q11q13. PWS is one of the most frequent genetic disorders and microdeletion syndromes. It is also...
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