University of California, Irvine Medical Center - Irvine, California

Contact Information:

Virginia Kimonis
Principal Investigator
Chief, Division of Genetics and Metablolism
E-mail: vkimonis@uci.edu

Jasmin Tanaja
Jr. Research Specialist
E-mail: jtanaja@uci.edu

Links:

University of California, Irvine

UCI Heath Sciences

UCI School of Medicine: Pediatrics

Current Clinical Studies:

5202: Prader-Willi Syndrome and Early-onset Morbid Obesity Natural History Clinical Protocol

List of Publications:

1. Schrander-Stumpel CThRM, Curfs LMG, Sastrowijoto P, Cassidy SB, Schrander JJP, Fryns JP. Prader-Willi syndrome: Causes of death in an international series of 27 cases. Am J Med Genet 124A(4): 333-8, 2004.

2. Lewis BA, Freebairn L, Heeger S, Cassidy SB. Speech and language skills of individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome. Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 11: 1-10, 2002.

3. Cassidy SB, and Schwartz S. Prader-Willi Syndrome. GeneClinics, updated 2000, 2003.