@article{ref1,
title="Self-injurious behavior and Prader-Willi syndrome: behavioral forms and body locations",
journal="American journal on mental retardation",
year="1999",
author="Symons, Frank J. and Butler, M. G. and Sanders, M. D. and Feurer, I. D. and Thompson, T.",
volume="104",
number="3",
pages="260-269",
abstract="With few exceptions (e.g., Lesch-Nyhan syndrome), the specific nature of self-injury in relation to identified genetic syndromes associated with mental retardation is poorly understood. In the present study we surveyed the families of 62 persons with Prader-Willi syndrome to determine the prevalence, topographies, and specific body locations of self-injurious behavior. Self-injury was reported for 81% of the participants. Skin-picking was the most prevalent form, with the front of the legs and head being disproportionately targeted as preferred self-injury body sites. Individuals with the 15q11-q13 deletion injured significantly more body sites than did individuals with maternal disomy 15. Results are discussed in relation to previous self-injury body site findings and implications for the relevance of syndrome-specific behavioral phenotypes.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0895-8017",
doi="10.1352/0895-8017(1999)104<0260:SBAPSB>2.0.CO;2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1352/0895-8017(1999)104<0260:SBAPSB>2.0.CO;2"
}