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Prader-Willi-like syndrome
Disease definition
Prader-Willi-like syndrome is a rare, genetic, endocrine disease characterized by manifestations of a Prader-Willi syndrome phenotype (including obesity, hyperphagia, hypotonia, psychomotor delay, intellectual disability, small hands/feet, hypogonadism, growth hormone deficiency and characteristic facial features) ocurring in the absence of 15q11-q13 genomic abnormalities.
ORPHA:398073
Classification level: Group of disorders- Synonym(s):
- PWS-like
- Prevalence: Unknown
- Inheritance: -
- Age of onset: Neonatal
- ICD-10: -
- OMIM: -
- UMLS: -
- MeSH: -
- GARD: -
- MedDRA: -
A summary on this disease is available in Deutsch (2018) Español (2018) Italiano (2018) Nederlands (2018) Polski ()
Detailed information
Disease review articles
- Clinical genetics review
- English (2023) - GeneReviews
Genetic Testing
- Guidance for genetic testing
- Français (2016, pdf) - ANPGM


Additional information
Further information on this disease
Patient-centred resources for this disease
Research activities on this disease
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