The authors retrospectively evaluated the diagnoses at four months of age for 48 individuals with known Prader-Willi syndrome. 15 had been diagnosed as having cerebral palsy, and at four months only two of the 48 had been correctly diagnosed as Prader-Willi syndrome. 11 (23 per cent) had had birth asphyxia, compared with an expected rate of 1 per cent. Other perinatal features which occurred more frequently than expected included breech presentation, decreased fetal movements and prolonged gestation. Failure to make an early diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome often results in later disability being blamed on the birth process, when instead the child's neonatal problems are secondary to a prenatal condition.
%0 Journal Article
%1 Wharton1989
%A Wharton, R. H.
%A Bresnan, M. J.
%D 1989
%J Dev Med Child Neurol
%K Adolescent; Adult; Asphyxia Neonatorum; Brain Damage, Chronic; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child Development; Child, Preschool; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Gestational Age; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mental Retardation; Prader-Willi Syndrome; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn
%N 2
%P 231--236
%T Neonatal respiratory depression and delay in diagnosis in Prader-Willi syndrome.
%V 31
%X The authors retrospectively evaluated the diagnoses at four months of age for 48 individuals with known Prader-Willi syndrome. 15 had been diagnosed as having cerebral palsy, and at four months only two of the 48 had been correctly diagnosed as Prader-Willi syndrome. 11 (23 per cent) had had birth asphyxia, compared with an expected rate of 1 per cent. Other perinatal features which occurred more frequently than expected included breech presentation, decreased fetal movements and prolonged gestation. Failure to make an early diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome often results in later disability being blamed on the birth process, when instead the child's neonatal problems are secondary to a prenatal condition.
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abstract = {The authors retrospectively evaluated the diagnoses at four months of age for 48 individuals with known Prader-Willi syndrome. 15 had been diagnosed as having cerebral palsy, and at four months only two of the 48 had been correctly diagnosed as Prader-Willi syndrome. 11 (23 per cent) had had birth asphyxia, compared with an expected rate of 1 per cent. Other perinatal features which occurred more frequently than expected included breech presentation, decreased fetal movements and prolonged gestation. Failure to make an early diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome often results in later disability being blamed on the birth process, when instead the child's neonatal problems are secondary to a prenatal condition.},
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author = {Wharton, R. H. and Bresnan, M. J.},
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keywords = {Adolescent; Adult; Asphyxia Neonatorum; Brain Damage, Chronic; Cerebral Palsy; Child; Child Development; Child, Preschool; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Gestational Age; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male; Mental Retardation; Prader-Willi Syndrome; Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn},
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timestamp = {2014-07-19T21:54:39.000+0200},
title = {Neonatal respiratory depression and delay in diagnosis in Prader-Willi syndrome.},
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