Familial Prader-Willi syndrome.
Five cases of Prader-Willi syndrome were found in an inbred south Louisiana family. Pedigree data strongly support autosomal recessive inheritance of the syndrome in this family.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001827:Body Height; D002239:Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003241:Consanguinity; D005260:Female; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007006:Hypogonadism / Q000235:genetics*; D008607:Intellectual Disability; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009765:Obesity / Q000235:genetics*; D009839:Oligomenorrhea; D010375:Pedigree; D010551:Personality; D013577:Syndrome