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Angelman syndrome in an inbred family.
Human genetics - 1 Mar 1996
Beuten J, Hennekam R C, Van Roy B, Mangelschots K, Sutcliffe J S, Halley D J, Hennekam F A, Beaudet A L, Willems P J
Abstract excerpt
Angelman syndrome (AS) is characterized by severe mental retardation, absent speech, puppet-like movements, inappropriate laughter, epilepsy, and abnormal electroencephalogram. The majority of AS patients (approximately 65%) have a maternal deficiency within chromosomal region 15q11-q13, caused by maternal deletion or paternal uniparental disomy (UPD). Approximately 35% of AS patients exhibit neither detectable...
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