Key points are not available for this paper at this time.
IN 1956, Prader et al1described a new syndrome which they called "Ein Syndrom von Adipositas, Kleinwuchs, Kryptorchismus und Oligophrenie nach myatonieartigem Zustand im Neugeborenenalter" (a syndrome of obesity, short growth, cryptorchidism, and mental retardation, with an amyotonia-like condition in the neonatal period). Since then, other cases have been reported2-24(Table 1) under various titles. (Synonyms for this condition are: Syndrome of Willi-Prader,8of Willi, Prader, and Labhart,18of Prader-Willi,13-15,23,24of Prader, Labhart, and Willi,7and of Prader, Labhart, Willi, and Fanconi.21Fanconi, with Prader, Labhart, and Willi, was coauthor of an exhibit of this syndrome at the Eighth International Congress of Paediatrics, July 22-27, 1956, in Copenhagen. Some of the more descriptive titles are: hypotonia, mental retardation, obesity, and cryptorchidism associated with dwarfism and diabetes in children5; hypogenital dystrophy with diabetic tendency12; congenital muscular weakness and hypotonia with mental retardation,
H Zellweger (Wed,) studied this question.