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MeSH Heading: Prader-Willi Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C10.597.606.360.690; C16.131.077.730; C16.131.260.700; C16.320.180.700; C16.320.447.500; C18.654.726.750.500.740
Unique ID: D011218
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011218
Scope Note: An autosomal dominant disorder caused by deletion of the proximal long arm of the paternal chromosome 15 (15q11-q13) or by inheritance of both of the pair of chromosomes 15 from the mother (UNIPARENTAL DISOMY) which are imprinted (GENETIC IMPRINTING) and hence silenced. Clinical manifestations include MENTAL RETARDATION; MUSCULAR HYPOTONIA; HYPERPHAGIA; OBESITY; short stature; HYPOGONADISM; STRABISMUS; and HYPERSOMNOLENCE. (Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p229)
Entry Term(s): Labhart-Willi Syndrome; Labhart-Willi-Prader-Fanconi Syndrome; Prader Labhart Willi Syndrome; Prader-Labhart-Willi Syndrome; Royer Syndrome; Royer's Syndrome; Willi-Prader Syndrome
NLM Classification #: QS 675
Previous Indexing: Abnormalities, Multiple (1968-1976); Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors (1969-1976); Hypogonadism (1966-1976); Mental Retardation (1966-1976); Obesity (1966-1976)
See Also: Intellectual Disability
Public MeSH Note: 1977
History Note: 1977
Date Established: 1977/01/01
Date of Entry: 1976/04/13
Revision Date: 2023/04/14

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Prader-Willi Syndrome MeSH Descriptor Data 2025