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Subclinical dysphagia in persons with Prader-Willi syndrome.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Feb 2017
Gross Roxann Diez, Gisser Ronit, Cherpes Gregory, Hartman Katie, Maheshwary Rishi
Abstract excerpt
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is caused by a genetic imprinting abnormality resulting from the lack of expression of the paternal genes at 15q11-q13. Intellectual disability, low muscle tone, and life-threatening hyperphagia are hallmarks of the phenotype. The need for the Heimlich maneuver, death from choking, and pulmonary infection occur in a disproportionally high number of persons with PWS. The widely held...
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