Recurrence risk in the Angelman ("happy puppet") syndrome.

American journal of medical genetics ·Vol. 27 ·No. 4 ·1987-08-00 ·Pages 773-80

Willems PJ, Dijkstra I, Brouwer OF, Smit GP

Abstract

We report on two sibs with Angelman "happy puppet" syndrome. Out of 48 families reported in the literature, this is only the fourth family with affected sibs. A review of the literature shows a low but not negligible recurrence risk. Different explanations for this are discussed.

MeSH Terms

Child Child, Preschool Female Gait Humans Intellectual Disability/genetics Laughter Male Movement Disorders/genetics Prognathism/genetics Recurrence Risk Speech Disorders/genetics Syndrome

Authors & Affiliations

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Willems P J

Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Dijkstra I

Brouwer O F

Smit G P

Article Info

Journal

American journal of medical genetics

Abbr.

Am J Med Genet

ISSN

0148-7299

DOI

10.1002/ajmg.1320270405

Published

1987-08-00

Pages

773-80

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7708900

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320270405

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