Pituitary abnormalities in Prader-Willi syndrome and early onset morbid obesity

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 570-577

  Miller, Jennifer L ^a,c   Goldstone, Anthony P ^b   Couch, Jessica A ^a   Shuster, Jonathan ^c   He, Guojun ^a   Driscoll, Daniel J ^a   Liu, Yijun ^a   Schmalfuss, Ilona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early onset obesity; Pituitary gland; Prader Willi syndrome

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFANT; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HYPOPHYSIS; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; OBESITY, MORBID; PITUITARY GLAND; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME;

EID: 43049125542     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31677     Document Type: Article

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