prader_willi_syndrome

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Prader-Willi Syndrome

  • Neonatal
    • Neonatal hypotonia
    • Failure to thrive
    • Genital hypoplasia
    • Hypopigmentation of the skin, iris, and hair
  • Childhood
    • Excessive eating and gradual development of morbid obesity
    • Delayed Motor milestones and language development
    • Cognitive impairment.
  • decreased visual acuity
  • iris and choroid hypopigmentation
  • refractive error
    • Myopia 40%
    • Hyperopia 25%
    • Astigmatism 25%
  • Amblyopia 16%
  • Strabismus 40%
    • congenital ocular fibrosis syndrome
  • cataracts
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • nystagmus
  • congenital ectropion uvea
  • There is also an overlap between Prader-Willi Syndrome and oculocutaneous albinism that is attributed to the deletion of the OCA2 gene found in the PWS critical region.
  • Scoliosis
  • loss of the paternal copy of chromosome region 15q11-q13
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