Birth prevalence of Prader-Willi syndrome in Australia
Open Access
- 1 March 2003
- journal article
- acute paediatrics
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 88 (3) , 263-264
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.88.3.263
Abstract
This is the first population based study to estimate the birth prevalence of DNA proven Prader-Willi syndrome. Thirty infants were reported to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit between 1998 and 2000, a prevalence of 4 per 100 000 live births or ∼1/25 000 live births per annum.Keywords
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