Article
Angelman syndrome due to paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15: a milder phenotype?
American journal of medical genetics - 15 May 1994
Bottani A, Robinson W P, DeLozier-Blanchet C D, Engel E, Morris M A, Schmitt B, Thun-Hohenstein L, Schinzel A
Abstract excerpt
The Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurological disorder characterized by severe mental retardation, absent speech, seizures, gait disturbances, and a typical age-dependent facial phenotype. Most cases are due to an interstitial deletion on the maternally inherited chromosome 15, in the critical region q11-q13. Rare cases also result from paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 15. In a group of 14 patients with...
Topics
- Adult
- Angelman Syndrome
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- DNA
- Fathers
- Female
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Maternal Age
