Prader-Willi Syndrome: Clinical concerns for the orthopaedic surgeon

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 673-679

  Kroonen, Leo T ^a   Herman, Martin ^b   Pizzutillo, Peter D ^b   MacEwen, G Dean ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral problems; Hip dysplasia; Kyphosis; Prader Willi; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DYSPLASIA; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENETIC SCREENING; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NOCICEPTION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; SPINE DISEASE; SURGEON; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; JOINT DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 33748210131     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000226282.01202.4f     Document Type: Article

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