Prader-Willi Syndrome As a Model for Obesity: International Symposium, Zurich, October 18-19, 2002 [Hardcover]

Urs Eiholzer (Editor), U. Elholzer (Editor), Dagmar L'Allemand (Editor), William B. Zipf (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 3805575742 | ISBN-13: 978-3805575744 | Publication Date: July 2003 | Edition: 1

Almost fifty years ago, in 1956, three researchers of the University of Zurich, Andrea Prader, Alexis Labhart and Heinrich Willi, first described what is now called the Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). The study and the therapy of this syndrome have progressed so rapidly in the past years that the decision was made to share recent advances with the scientific community and to address topics of future research at an international meeting. The results of this meeting are presented in this book. PWS results from a paternally derived deletion or an imprinting defect on chromosome 15. During their first two years of life patients with PWS suffer from muscle weakness, feeding problems and developmental delay. From the age of two years onwards they develop an almost insatiable appetite and suffer from obesity, short stature, hypogonadism and behavior problems.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 238 pages
• Publisher: S Karger Pub; 1 edition (July 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3805575742
• ISBN-13: 978-3805575744
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
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