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Author Whittington, Joyce

Title Prader-Willi syndrome : development and manifestations / Joyce Whittington and Tony Holland
Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : illustrations
Contents Background and historical overview -- Biological and regulatory mechanisms in PWS -- The Cambridge PWS project -- Prevalence, birth incidence and mortality -- Relationship between genetic and clinical diagnosis -- Phenotypic differences between the genetic subtypes -- Cognitive function and attainments -- The behavioural phenotype of PWS -- Medical conditions affecting people with PWS -- Psychiatric illness -- Obsessions and compulsions -- Understanding PWS
Summary This book identifies and integrates the latest findings about how best to manage the complex care needs of people with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). The data provided by the Cambridge PWS study, the largest and most rounded cohort studies of PWS in the world, is the basis of this book
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Prader-Willi syndrome
Human chromosome 15 -- Abnormalities.
Prader-Willi Syndrome
MEDICAL -- Pediatrics.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Children's Health.
Human chromosome 15 -- Abnormalities
Prader-Willi syndrome
Form Electronic book
Author Holland, Tony
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association.
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