kiranmayi
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Patient, young, with obesity, hypotonia, mental retardation, short stature, hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, strabismus, and small hands and feet. What disease and what is tx?
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| Colombia
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Prader Willy
Paternal genomic imprinting. Del(15)(q11q13)
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| asmi
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sounds like prader willi syndrome.........exhibits genomic imprinting...deletion on paternal(father) chromosome 15.
treatment i got to check :oops:
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| auubar
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I also think Pradi willi
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| kiranmayi
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Prader Willi Syndrome. Treat with GH.
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| Huntseatchick
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PW patients also have MASSIVE polyphagia. They'll eat anything in sight (I worked with them) such that you have to put locks on cupboards, pantries, the fridge/freezer. Even though they are mentally retarded, they will still figure out how to get past the locks from time to time.
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