Prader-Willi syndrome : development and manifestations / Joyce Whittington and Tony Holland

Author: Whittington, Joyce
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 220 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Additional Creators: Holland, Tony, 1948- and Prader-Willi Syndrome Association

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Contents

Background and historical overview -- Biological and regulatory mechanisms in PWS -- The Cambridge PWS project -- Prevalence, birth incidence and mortality -- Relationship between genetic and clinical diagnosis -- Phenotypic differences between the genetic subtypes -- Cognitive function and attainments -- The behavioural phenotype of PWS -- Medical conditions affecting people with PWS -- Psychiatric illness -- Obsessions and compulsions -- Understanding PWS.

Summary

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is associated with an assortment of physical, behavioural and cognitive abnormalities which create a broad range of care needs. Information about the syndrome is spread across a variety of disciplines. In this 2004 book the authors seek to identify and provide the latest findings about how best to manage the complex medical, nutritional, psychological, educational, social and therapeutic needs of people with PWS. Their approach is an integrated one, centred on the PWS phenotype. Both authors have been involved in the Cambridge PWS study, which is the largest and most rounded of the cohort studies of PWS anywhere in the world. The unique data it provides is the basis of this book.

Subject(s)

Prader-Willi syndrome

ISBN

9780511543869 (ebook)
9780521840293 (hardback)
9780521173377 (paperback)

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