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. 2003 Mar;88(3):263-4.
doi: 10.1136/adc.88.3.263.

Birth prevalence of Prader-Willi syndrome in Australia

A Smith  1 , J Egan, G Ridley, E Haan, P Montgomery, K Williams, E Elliott
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Birth prevalence of Prader-Willi syndrome in Australia

A Smith et al. Arch Dis Child. 2003 Mar.

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 approximately 1/25,000 live births per annum.

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