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Birth prevalence of Prader-Willi syndrome in Australia

A Smith, J Egan, G Ridley, E Haan, P Montgomery, K Williams, E Elliott

Archives of Disease in Childhood | Published : 2003

DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.3.263

Abstract

This is the first population based study to estimate the birth prevalence of DNA proven Prader-Willi syndrome. Thirty infants were reported to the Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit between 1998 and 2000, a prevalence of 4 per 100 000 live births or ∼1/25 000 live births per annum.

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Keywords

Rare Diseases
Pediatric Research Initiative
Science & Technology
Congenital
Perinatal Period - Conditions Originating in Perinatal Period
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
3213 Paediatrics
Congenital Structural Anomalies
Infant Mortality
Pediatrics
2.4 Surveillance and Distribution
32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences