A chromosomal disease that is characterized by weak muscle tone, feeding difficulties, poor growth, and delayed development. Beginning in childhood, affected individuals develop an insatiable appetite, which leads to chronic overeating and obesity. [ url:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1330/ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007637 url:https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/prader-willi-syndrome ]
Synonyms: Prader Willi syndrome
Term information
- NCI:C75463
- MESH:D011218
- ICD10CM:Q87.11
- ICD9CM:759.81
- GARD:5575
- ORDO:739
- MIM:176270
- UMLS_CUI:C0032897
- SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:205794007
DO_rare_slim, NCIthesaurus
Term relations
- syndrome
- chromosomal disease
- has material basis in min 1 (loss_of_function_variant and maternal_uniparental_disomy or chromosomal_deletion and loss_of_function_variant and paternal_variant or chromosomal_translocation and loss_of_function_variant)
- disease has basis in some symptom