Imprinting disorder with neonatal hypotonia, hyperphagia, obesity and hypogonadism.
- Specialty
- Endocrinology
- Subspecialty
- Endocrinology / Pediatric endocrinology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected equally; Children: yes, neonatal onset
- Gene(s) involved
- MAGEL2, MKRN3, NDN, SNORD116, SNRPN
- Alternative names & eponyms
- PWS
Etiology & mechanism
Loss of paternally expressed genes on 15q11.2-q13.
Gene(s) involved (5)
Symptoms & signs (10)
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4 shared
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hypogonadism, intellectual disability, obesity, short stature
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hypogonadism, intellectual disability, neonatal hypotonia, obesity
3 shared
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hypogonadism, intellectual disability, obesity
2 shared
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intellectual disability, obesity
2 shared
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hypogonadism, obesity
2 shared
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intellectual disability, short stature
2 shared
Costello syndrome
intellectual disability, short stature
2 shared
Lennox–Gastaut syndrome
behavioral problems, intellectual disability
2 shared
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intellectual disability, short stature
2 shared
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behavioral problems, intellectual disability
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