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Growth hormone treatment for adults with Prader-Willi syndrome: another point of view

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021
Growth hormone treatment for children with Prader Willi syndrome (PWS) has shown proven benefits not only in increasing final height but also with positive effects on body composition and motor development.
Harry J. Hirsch, Varda Gross-Tsur
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Reduced pituitary volume with relative T1 shortening correlates with behavior in Prader-Willi syndrome

Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatry, 2021
Prader-Willi syndrome is a complex endocrinological and developmental disorder characterized by hyperphagic, autistic, and obsessive behaviors, which have been considered to primarily originate from hypothalamus-pituitary axis system alterations in the ...
Kenichi Yamada, Masaki Watanabe, Kiyotaka Suzuki   +2 more
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Prader–Willi syndrome: Hormone therapies [PDF]

, 2021
International audiencePrader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorder linked to the lack of expression of specific maternally imprinted genes located in the chromosomal region 15q11-q13.
Gwenaelle Diene, Diene, Gwenaelle, Maithé Tauber, Tauber, Maithé   +3 more
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Age of diagnosis for children with chromosome 15q syndromes

Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2023
Objective The objective of this study was to identify the age of diagnosis for children with one of three neurogenetic conditions resulting from changes in chromosome 15 (Angelman syndrome [AS], Prader-Willi syndrome [PWS], and duplication 15q syndrome ...
Anne C. Wheeler, Marie G. Gantz, Heidi Cope, Theresa V. Strong, Jessica E. Bohonowych, Amanda Moore, Vanessa Vogel-Farley   +6 more
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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 Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021
Background Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with hypothalamic dysfunction leading to obesity and behavioral disabilities, including eating disorders (EDs).
Helena Mosbah, Muriel Coupaye, Flavien Jacques, Maithé Tauber, Karine Clément, Jean-Michel Oppert, Christine Poitou   +6 more
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Paradoxical low severity of COVID-19 in Prader-Willi syndrome: data from a French survey on 647 patients

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021
Background Patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) often have comorbidities, especially obesity, that may constitute a risk factor for severe forms of COVID-19.
Muriel Coupaye, Virginie Laurier, Grégoire Benvegnu, Christine Poitou, Pauline Faucher, Héléna Mosbah, Gwenaelle Diene, Graziella Pinto, Laura González Briceño, Christine Merrien, Ana Camarena Toyos, Emilie Montastier, Maithé Tauber, Fabien Mourre   +13 more
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Differences in spinal postures and mobility among adults with Prader-Willi syndrome, essential obesity, and normal-weight individuals

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2023
IntroductionSpinal kinematics/motion are reported to be altered in adolescents and adults with essential obesity, while no information is available in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome so far.
Munkh-Erdene Bayartai, Munkh-Erdene Bayartai, Hannu Luomajoki, Gabriella Tringali, Roberta De Micheli, Graziano Grugni, Graziano Grugni, Alessandro Sartorio   +7 more
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Growth hormone therapy in Prader-Willi Syndrome [PDF]

, 2001
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) was originally described less than 50 y ago,1 although reference to children with characteristics of the syndrome are to be found in other literature previous to this.2 Until relatively recently the diagnosis was made upon the
Davies, P.S.W., PSW Davies, Davies, Peter   +2 more
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Face processing and exploration of social signals in Prader-Willi syndrome: a genetic signature

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2019
Background Faces are critical social cues that must be perfectly processed in order to engage appropriately in everyday social interactions. In Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), a rare genetic disorder characterized by cognitive and behavioural difficulties ...
Jimmy Debladis, Marion Valette, Kuzma Strenilkov, Carine Mantoulan, Denise Thuilleaux, Virginie Laurier, Catherine Molinas, Pascal Barone, Maïthé Tauber   +8 more
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Experience of severe desaturation during anesthetic induction period in an obese adult patient with Prader-Willi syndrome -A case report- [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2012
Prader-Willi syndrome is characterized by infantile hypotonia, childhood-onset obesity, short stature, mental retardation, hyperphagia, hypogonadism. After infantile hypotonia phase, patient is prone to morbid obesity due to hyperphagia.
Joon Woo Choi, Eun-Ju Kim, Byung Woo Min, Jong Seouk Ban, Sang Gon Lee, Ji-Hyang Lee   +5 more
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