Prader-Willi Syndrome - Development and Manifestations

Klappentext Based on a unique cohort study, this book identifies the complex care needs of people with Prader-Willi syndrome. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Background: PWS, Why, What, and How To Investigate: 1. Background and historical overview; 2. Biological and regulatory mechanisms in PWS; 3. The Cambridge PWS project; Part II. PWS Prevalence, Phenotypic Functioning and Characteristics: 4. Prevalence, birth incidence and mortality; 5. Relationship between genetic and clinical diagnosis; 6. Phenotypic differences between the genetic subtypes; 7. Cognitive function and attainments; 8. The behavioural phenotype of PWS; 9. Medical conditions affecting people with PWS; 10. Psychiatric illness; 11. Obsessions and compulsions; Part III. Minor Findings, Some Conclusions and Future Directions: 12. Understanding PWS; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Tony Holland, Holland Tony, Whittington Joyce, Holland Tony, Joyce Whittington, Joyce Holland Whittington, Whittington Joyce
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2010
• EAN: 9780521173377
• ISBN: 978-0-521-17337-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, MEDICAL / Genetics, Psychiatry, Medical Genetics