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Advances in genetic mechanisms of hypothalamic dysfunction in Prader-Willi syndrome.
Yi chuan = Hereditas - 20 Oct 2022
Wang Xin-Yuan, Sun Rui, Gao Yuan-Qing
Abstract excerpt
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare congenital developmental disorder mainly due to the absent expression of genes on the paternally inherited chromosome 15q11-q13 region. Most of the clinical symptoms of PWS are related to hypothalamic dysfunction, including hyperphagia, morbid obesity, mental retardation, and hypogonadism. However, the molecular genetic mechanism of PWS is not fully understood, especially the...
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