Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences in endocrinology

ea0015s54 | Transitional endocrinology | SFEBES2008

The management of Prader-Willi syndrome from paediatric to adult care

Lindgren Ann Christin

Subjects with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) need a comprehensive care of a multi-disciplinary team from childhood to adulthood. It is not only growth, body composition and sexual maturation that are compromised in PWS. The complications due to overweight like Type-2 Diabetes and cardio-vascular disorders need to be prevented already during childhood. The psychiatric well-being of individuals with PWS is important to focus on and also to discover co-morbidities like autism to be ...