Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Section 1: Introduction to PWS
Chapter 1. Prader-Willi Syndrome: The First 50 Years
(Martin Ritzen, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
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Section 2: Genetics in PWS
Chapter 2: Genetic Basis, Genetic Testing and Genetic Counseling
for Prader-Willi Syndrome
(Merlin Butler and Suzanne Cassidy, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA, and others)
Section 3: The Clinical Picture of PWS
Chapter 3. The Clinical Picture of PWS: Infancy
(Jennifer Miller, University of Florida, FL, USA)
Chapter 4: The Clinical Picture of PWS: Childhood
(Maithé Tauber and Berthold P. Hauffa, Hôpital des Enfants, Toulouse, France, and others)
Chapter 5: The Clinical Picture of PWS: Adulthood
(Hariette Rosen Mogul, New York Medical College, NY, USA)
Section 4: Specific Issues in PWS
Chapter 6: Traits and Conditions in People with PWS
(Joyce Wittington and Antony Holland, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, and others)
Chapter 7: Behaviour and Psychiatric Conditions in People with PWS
(Joyce Wittington and Antony Holland, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, and others)
Chapter 8: Incontinence in People with PWS
(A. von Gontard, M. Equit and L. M. G. Curfs, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany, and others)
Chapter 9: The Endocrine System in PWS
(Graziano Grugni, Italian Auxological Institute Foundation, Verbania, Italy)
Chapter 10: Skeletal and Muscle Function in PWS
(Nathalie Alos, Thomas Edouard and Cheri Deal, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada, and others)
Section 4: Specific Treatment Strategies in PWS
Chapter 11: Nutritional Issues and their Management in PWS
(Glenn Barell, Karen Balko and Alexander Viardot, North York General Hospital, Canada, and others)
Chapter 12: Growth Hormone Treatment in Children with PWS
(N.E. Bakker and A. C. S. Hokken-Koelega, Erasmus Medical Center- Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Chapter 13: Growth Hormone Treatment in Adults with PWS
(Charlotte Höybye and Jens Sandahl Christiansen, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, and others)
Chapter 14: Management of Hypogonadism in Prader-Willi Syndrome
(Harry J. Hirsch, Talia Eldar-Geva1 and Varda Gross-Tsur, The Hebrew University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel, and others)
Chapter 15: Treatment of Hypothyroidism
(Stense Farholt, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark)
Chapter 16. Treatment of Hypocortisolism
(Stense Farholt, Aarhus University Hospital Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark)
Chapter 17: Physical Training
(Maria W.G. Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Linda Reus and Georgina Loughnan, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and others)
Chapter 18: Understanding and Managing Behaviour in PWS
(Barbara Y. Whitman, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MI, USA)
Chapter 19: Coordination of the Multidisciplinary Treatment Efforts
(Annick Vogels and Elly Scheermeyer, University Hospitals Leuven and Department of Human Genetics, Leuven, Belgium, and others)
Section 5: Patients and Parents Supporting Organisations
Chapter 20: Patients and Parents Supporting Organisations for People with Prader-Willi Syndrome
(Børge Troelsen, Denmark)
Chapter 21: Patients and Parents Supporting Organisations: The Danish Experience
(Susanne Blichfeldt, Herlev University Hospital, Denmark)
Chapter 22: The International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO)
(Suzanne B. Cassidy and Giorgio Fornasier, The International Prader-Willi Syndrome Organisation (IPWSO))
Chapter 23: A Lifetime with PWS
(Jean Phillips-Martinsson, UK-Sweden)
Index
