Funded Year:
2013
Awarded to:
Maithe Tauber, MD, PhD
Amount:
$35,000
Institution:
Centre de Référence Prader-Willi, Marin Hospital, France
Dr. Tauber is leading a European effort to collect blood samples on infants and children with PWS to monitor changes in hormones over time. This funding will support a blood bank recruitment coordinator, who will work to collect clinical data on birth, growth, endocrine functions and feeding behavior in newly diagnosed patients with PWS.
High unacylated ghrelin levels support the concept of anorexia in infants with prader-willi syndrome. Beauloye V, Diene G, Kuppens R, Zech F, Winandy C, Molinas C, Faye S, Kieffer I, Beckers D, Nergårdh R, Hauffa B, Derycke C, Delhanty P, Hokken-Koelega A, Tauber M. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2016 May 4;11(1):56.
2013
Maithe Tauber, MD, PhD
$35,000
Centre de Référence Prader-Willi, Marin Hospital, France
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