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Specific treatment of Prader-Willi syndrome through cyclical rehabilitation programmes.

Disabil Rehabil

January 2012

M. Baschirotto Institute for Rare Diseases, Centro Diagnostico-riabilitativo per la Diagnosi Terapia e Cura delle Malattie Rare, Costozza di Longare-Vicenza, Italy.

Purpose:  To evaluate retrospectively the efficiency of our rehabilitation programme for patients with Prader-Willi Syndrome. In total, 49 patients were examined, 21 female and 28 male, the youngest in their late teens. Prader-Willi syndrome is generally characterised by cognitive impairment, behavioural abnormalities, and hyperphagia.

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