Psychiatric Comorbidity in Prader-Willi Syndrome A Case Series
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Prader-Willi syndrome is a genetic disorder. Psychiatric comorbidity can occur in persons with Prader-Willi syndrome varying from emotional and behavioural disorders characterised by impulsiveness, temper tantrums, with occurrence of other psychiatric disorders in the form of obsessive compulsive disorder, mood disorders and psychotic illnesses. We present 3 patients with Prader-Willi syndrome with psychiatric comorbidity (German J Psychiatry 2009; 12: 28-31).
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