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Angelman Syndrome due to a Maternally Inherited Intragenic Deletion Encompassing Exons 7 and 8 of the UBE3A Gene.
Cytogenetic and genome research - 1 Jan 2017
Ververi Athina, Islam Lily, Bewes Beverley, Busby Louise, Sullivan Caroline, Canham Natalie
Abstract excerpt
Angelman syndrome (AS) is characterised by developmental delay, lack of speech, seizures, a characteristic behavioural profile with a happy demeanour, microcephaly, and ataxia. More than two-thirds of cases are due to an approximately 5-Mb interstitial deletion of the imprinted region 15q11.2q13, which is usually de novo. The rest are associated with point mutations in the UBE3A gene, imprinting defects, and...
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