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Prader‐Willi syndrome in old age
Author(s) -
CARPENTER P. K.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1994.tb00441.x
Subject(s) - mental handicap , longevity , psychology , diabetes mellitus , williams syndrome , gerontology , pediatrics , intellectual disability , psychiatry , medicine , endocrinology , cognition
. This case report describes a person with Prader‐Willi syndrome who recently died, aged 71 years. It is suggested that her longevity was helped by being female, with a moderate degree of mental handicap and a degree of weight control which reduced the problems of diabetes and hypertension.