Longitudinal follow‐up of autism spectrum features and sensory behaviors in Angelman syndrome by deletion class

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BACKGROUND: Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurogenetic disorder characterized by severe intellectual disability, lack of speech, and low threshold for laughter; it is considered a 'syndromic' form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Previous studies have indicated overlap of ASD and AS, primarily in individuals with larger (∼6 Mb) Class I deletions of chromosome 15q11-13. Questions remain regarding whether...

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