Mortality in Prader-Willi syndrome

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Einfeld, Stewart L ^a,d   Kavanagh, Sophie J ^a   Smith, Arabella ^b   Evans, Elizabeth J ^a   Tonge, Bruce J ^c   Taffe, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Primrose House   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORTALITY; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33646875038     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(2006)111[193:MIPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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