"Prader-Willi Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An autosomal dominant disorder caused by deletion of the proximal long arm of the paternal chromosome 15 (15q11-q13) or by inheritance of both of the pair of chromosomes 15 from the mother (UNIPARENTAL DISOMY) which are imprinted (GENETIC IMPRINTING) and hence silenced. Clinical manifestations include MENTAL RETARDATION; MUSCULAR HYPOTONIA; HYPERPHAGIA; OBESITY; short stature; HYPOGONADISM; STRABISMUS; and HYPERSOMNOLENCE. (Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p229)
Descriptor ID |
D011218
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MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.606.643.690 C16.131.077.730 C16.131.260.700 C16.320.180.700 C18.654.726.500.740
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Concept/Terms |
Prader-Willi Syndrome- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Prader Willi Syndrome
- Syndrome, Prader-Willi
- Willi-Prader Syndrome
- Syndrome, Willi-Prader
- Willi Prader Syndrome
- Prader Labhart Willi Syndrome
- Prader-Labhart-Willi Syndrome
- Syndrome, Prader-Labhart-Willi
- Labhart-Willi Syndrome
- Labhart Willi Syndrome
- Syndrome, Labhart-Willi
- Labhart-Willi-Prader-Fanconi Syndrome
- Labhart Willi Prader Fanconi Syndrome
- Syndrome, Labhart-Willi-Prader-Fanconi
Royer Syndrome- Royer Syndrome
- Syndrome, Royer
- Royer's Syndrome
- Royers Syndrome
- Syndrome, Royer's
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2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prader-Willi Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Paradoxical low severity of COVID-19 in Prader-Willi syndrome: data from a French survey on 647 patients. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2021 07 21; 16(1):325.
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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on the mental and physical health of adults with Prader-Willi syndrome. Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2021 05 05; 16(1):202.
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Behavioural change in Prader-Willi syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic. J Intellect Disabil Res. 2021 07; 65(7):609-616.
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Birth seasonality studies in a large Prader-Willi syndrome cohort. Am J Med Genet A. 2019 08; 179(8):1531-1534.
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High expression of miR-125b-2 and SNORD116 noncoding RNA clusters characterize ERG-related B cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Oncotarget. 2017 Jun 27; 8(26):42398-42413.
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A preliminary analysis of the phenomenology of skin-picking in Prader-Willi syndrome. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2010 Aug; 41(4):448-63.
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The Italian National Survey for Prader-Willi syndrome: an epidemiologic study. Am J Med Genet A. 2008 Apr 01; 146A(7):861-72.