Growth Hormone Therapy in Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is characterized by hyperphagia, obesity if food intake is not strictly controlled, abnormal body composition with decreased lean body mass and increased fat mass, decreased basal metabolic rate, short stature, low muscle tone, cognitive disability, and hypogonadism. In a...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2015-04-01
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9721/3/2/56 |