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Merlin G. Butler, MD, PHD

Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics
Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics
Kansas University Medical Center

Chairperson, Research Committee
Heartland Regional Genetics and Newborn Screening Collaborative

Chair, Scientific Advisory Board
Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA)

3901 Rainbow Blvd, MS 4015
Kansas City, KS 66160
contact address

Selected Bibliography:

Butler MG.
Management of obesity in Prader-Willi syndrome.
Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2006;2(11):592-3. PubMed abstract

Bittel DC, Butler MG.
Prader-Willi syndrome: clinical genetics, cytogenetics and molecular biology.
Expert Rev Mol Med. 2005;7(14):1-20. PubMed abstract
Overview of the syndrome, genetic causes, and research.

Butler MG, Meaney FJ.
Standards for selected anthropometric measurements in Prader-Willi syndrome.
Pediatrics. 1991;88(4):853-60. PubMed abstract

Butler MG, Bittel DC, Kibiryeva N, Talebizadeh Z, Thompson T.
Behavioral differences among subjects with Prader-Willi syndrome and type I or type II deletion and maternal disomy.
Pediatrics. 2004;113(3 Pt 1):565-73. PubMed abstract / Full Text

Butler MG, Theodoro MF, Bittel DC, Donnelly JE.
Energy expenditure and physical activity in Prader-Willi syndrome: comparison with obese subjects.
Am J Med Genet A. 2007;143(5):449-59. PubMed abstract