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Appetite hormones and the transition to hyperphagia in children with Prader-Willi syndrome.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Dec 2012
Goldstone A P, Holland A J, Butler J V, Whittington J E
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OBJECTIVE: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder with several nutritional phases during childhood proceeding from poor feeding, through normal eating without and with obesity, to hyperphagia and life-threatening obesity, with variable ages of onset. We investigated whether differences in appetite hormones may explain the development of abnormal eating behaviour in young children...
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