Essay Archive - Prader-Willi Syndrome
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Prader-Willi Syndrome is a serious genetic disorder that begins at birth with no
known cure ; causing mental retardation,short stature,low muscle
tone,incomplete sexual development,and its main charecteristic,the desire to eat
everything and anything in sight.
Prader-Willi syndrome was first known as Prader-Labhart-Willi Syndrome after
three Swiss doctors who first described the disorder in 1956. The doctors
described a small group of kids with obesity, short stature and mental
deficiency , neonatal hypotonia (floppiness) and a desire to constantly eat
because they are always hu....
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