Prader-Willi syndrome
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Prader-Willi syndrome

Lynne Marsh Senior lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), described in 1956 by Prader, Labhart and Willi, is often referred to as Prader-Labhart-Willi syndrome, PWS or Willi-Prader syndrome.

Learning Disability Practice. 21, 6, 14-14. doi: 10.7748/ldp.21.6.14.s17

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