/Prader-Willi syndrome

Prader-Willi syndrome

Rare Disease

MONDO:0008300

Also Known As

Prader Willi syndromePrader-Labhart-Willi syndromePrader-Willi syndromePrader-Willi-Labhart syndromeWilli-Prader syndromePWSPrader-Willi syndrome chromosome regionPrader-Willi-like syndrome associated with chromosome 6obesity, muscular hypotonia, intellectual disability, short stature, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and small hands and feetobesity, muscular hypotonia, mental retardation, short stature, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, and small hands and feet

Definition

Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by hypothalamic-pituitary abnormalities with severe hypotonia during the neonatal period and first two years of life and the onset of hyperphagia with a risk of morbid obesity during infancy and adulthood, learning difficulties and behavioral problems or severe psychiatric problems.