
Merlin Butler
Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · University of Kansas School of Medicine
Credentials: · · · ·
History
Research
Prader-Willi syndrome: consensus diagnostic criteria
PEDIATRICS · 1993 · 908 citations
Genetic imprinting suggested by maternal heterodisomy in nondeletion Prader-Willi syndrome
Nature · 1989 · 698 citations
Case report · Journal of Medical Genetics · 2005 · First of 11 authors · Corresponding · 601 citations

34 papers
- JM
30 papers
- VK
25 papers
- JG
21 papers

19 papers

10 papers
- JH
10 papers

10 papers
Grants
- 2022–2025
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R21
PI · $426.3K · University of Kansas Medical Center
- 1996–2000
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Genetics and Behavior
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · P01
Project lead · $328.2K · Vanderbilt University
Clinical trials
- 2013–2016
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Kansas Medical Center
- 2007–2008
Genomic Search for Childhood Obesity Genes-A Pilot Study
Principal investigator · Withdrawn
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
- 2005–2012
Growth Hormone Use in Adults With Prader-Willi Syndrome
Principal investigator · Completed · Phase 3
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City




