Prader-Willi Syndrome: Origin and Discovery by Prader & Willi
The syndrome was first described in 1956 by two Swiss doctors, Andrea Prader and Heinrich Willi.
The surname of both doctors are combined to named the newly discovered disease that became well known as the Prader-Willi Syndrome.
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