Pradder Willi Syndrome:
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is a chromosomal (chromosome 15) disorder, which
can affect children of both sexes and of any race or country. Three Swiss doctors
-Prader, Labhart and Willi - first described it in 1956. Major characteristics:
obesity, hypotonia, hypogonadism, hyperphagia, cognitive impairment, difficult
behaviors.
