Table 1

Summary of sex, current age, age at onset, and genetic status of six people with PWS and psychotic illness with distressed perplexity, acute onset, and polymorphous and shifting symptomatology. All patients are above 13 years

PatientSexCurrent ageAge at onsetGenetic abnormality
The results marked with * are compatible with maternal heterodisomy, but this could not be proven because paternal blood was not available.
1M1714IC defect
2M1715Heterodisomy
3F2419Heterodisomy*
4M3015Heterodisomy*
5F3313Heterodisomy
6F4119Heterodisomy*