An obese young man with uncontrolled diabetes and insatiable hunger: Prader-Willi syndrome

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare cause of obesity. With the rising incidence of obesity, clinicians need to be aware of genetic causes of obesity and when to suspect them. A case of PWS, which was diagnosed in adulthood, has been discussed. This case is special because of lack of history of flo...

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Autores principales: Nair, Abilash, Kishore, Shyam, Gupta, Ranjan, Sharma, A., Jyotsna, V. P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910837
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.123566
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author Nair, Abilash
Kishore, Shyam
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Jyotsna, V. P.
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description Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare cause of obesity. With the rising incidence of obesity, clinicians need to be aware of genetic causes of obesity and when to suspect them. A case of PWS, which was diagnosed in adulthood, has been discussed. This case is special because of lack of history of floppiness in infancy and predominance behavioral problems.
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spelling pubmed-40465912014-06-06 An obese young man with uncontrolled diabetes and insatiable hunger: Prader-Willi syndrome Nair, Abilash Kishore, Shyam Gupta, Ranjan Sharma, A. Jyotsna, V. P. Indian J Endocrinol Metab Brief Communication Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare cause of obesity. With the rising incidence of obesity, clinicians need to be aware of genetic causes of obesity and when to suspect them. A case of PWS, which was diagnosed in adulthood, has been discussed. This case is special because of lack of history of floppiness in infancy and predominance behavioral problems. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4046591/ /pubmed/24910837 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.123566 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Brief Communication
Nair, Abilash
Kishore, Shyam
Gupta, Ranjan
Sharma, A.
Jyotsna, V. P.
An obese young man with uncontrolled diabetes and insatiable hunger: Prader-Willi syndrome
title An obese young man with uncontrolled diabetes and insatiable hunger: Prader-Willi syndrome
title_full An obese young man with uncontrolled diabetes and insatiable hunger: Prader-Willi syndrome
title_fullStr An obese young man with uncontrolled diabetes and insatiable hunger: Prader-Willi syndrome
title_full_unstemmed An obese young man with uncontrolled diabetes and insatiable hunger: Prader-Willi syndrome
title_short An obese young man with uncontrolled diabetes and insatiable hunger: Prader-Willi syndrome
title_sort obese young man with uncontrolled diabetes and insatiable hunger: prader-willi syndrome
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046591/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910837
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2230-8210.123566
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