Prader–Willi syndrome
rare genetic disorder
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Summary
Prader–Willi syndrome is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It draws 11,593 Wikipedia views per month (designated intractable rare disease category, ranking #21 of 201).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: rare disease[3], class of disease[4]
- Named after: Andrea Prader[5], Heinrich Willi[6]
- Subclass of: chromosomal disease[7], syndrome[8], syndromic obesity[9], disease[10]
- Commons category: Prader-Willi syndrome[11]
- External data available at URL: http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/4768[12]
- ICD-9-CM: 759.81[13]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C75463[14]
- Health specialty: medical genetics[15], pediatrics[16], neurology[17]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: somatrem[18]
- Genetic association: SNRPN[19], NDN[20]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11983[21], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11983[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[23]
Why It Matters
Prader–Willi syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]