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[To know more about the Prader-Willi syndrome. Diagnosis].
Psychiatria polska - 1 Jan 2000
Midro Alina T, Olchowik Beata, Lebiedzińska Aneta, Midro Henryk
Abstract excerpt
Prader-Willi syndrome, induced by a function changes of paternal genes in the subcentrometric region of the chromosome 15 (q11.2q13), is the most common genetic cause of obesity resulting from hyperphagia. Behavioural disturbancies with compulsions in which psychiatric interventions are necessary, are relatively frequently seen. In this paper we reviewed the recent data of the clinical diagnosis verified by...
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