Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a rare and complex genetic condition affecting roughly 400,000 people worldwide. PWS is non-inherited and linked to the deletion or incompleteness of genes on the 15th chromosomes. This chromosomal abnormality leads to neurological changes which cause altered growth patterns and development with associated cognitive disability and obsessive eating patterns (hyperphagia). Prader-Willi Research Australia list many of the typically associated problems as;
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