A disease specific questionnaire for assessing behavior in individuals with Prader–Willi syndrome

Prader–Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic multisystem disorder with various medical, cognitive, behavioral and psychiatric problems. PWS is caused by the lack of expression of paternal genes on chromosome 15q2-q13 due to a deletion (70–75%), uniparental disomy (25–30%) or imprinting center defect (

Source: Comprehensive Psychiatry - December 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Hamutal Avrahamy, Yehuda Pollak, Liron Shriki-Tal, Larry Genstil, Harry J. Hirsch, Varda Gross-Tsur, Fortu Benarroch Source Type: research