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Prader-Willi Syndrome Joyce Whittington (University of Cambridge)

Prader-Willi Syndrome By Joyce Whittington (University of Cambridge)

Prader-Willi Syndrome by Joyce Whittington (University of Cambridge)


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Summary

This book identifies and integrates the latest findings about how best to manage the complex care needs of people with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). The data provided by the Cambridge PWS study, the largest and most rounded cohort studies of PWS in the world, is the basis of this book.

Prader-Willi Syndrome Summary

Prader-Willi Syndrome: Development and Manifestations by Joyce Whittington (University of Cambridge)

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is associated with an assortment of physical, behavioural and cognitive abnormalities which create a broad range of care needs. Information about the syndrome is spread across a variety of disciplines. In this book the authors seek to identify and provide the latest findings about how best to manage the complex medical, nutritional, psychological, educational, social and therapeutic needs of people with PWS. Their approach is an integrated one, centred on the PWS phenotype. Both authors have been involved in the Cambridge PWS study, which is the largest and most rounded of the cohort studies of PWS anywhere in the world. The unique data it provides is the basis of this book.

Prader-Willi Syndrome Reviews

Review of the hardback: 'It is a representative compilation of the knowledge of today ... can be recommended to all readers interested in genetics and their connections to different human functions. Even parents of children with PWS who want to know where the front line of research is will find this book valuable.' European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Review of the hardback: '... provides a wealth of very valuable facts to add to the jigsaw pieces that will eventually reveal a whole picture of a fascinating syndrome.' European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Table of Contents

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.

Additional information

NPB9780521840293
9780521840293
0521840295
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Development and Manifestations by Joyce Whittington (University of Cambridge)
New
Hardback
Cambridge University Press
2004-04-22
232
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