Prader–Willi Syndrome: A spectrum of anatomical and clinical features

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 590-605

  Hurren, Bradley J ^a   Flack, Natasha A M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

anatomy; clinical criteria; Prader Willi syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BONE AGE; CHROMOSOME 15; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FACIES; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GRAY MATTER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART OUTPUT; HIP DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPIGMENTATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MOUTH CAVITY; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SHORT STATURE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 85027939683     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22686     Document Type: Review

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