Angelman syndrome: Are the estimates too low?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 385-390

  Buckley, Robert H ^a   Dinno, Nuhad ^b   Weber, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fircrest School   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Angelman syndrome; Associated feature; Movement disorder; Severe mental retardation; Unprovoked laughter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGELMAN SYNDROME; CATARACT; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SEIZURES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031770939     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981204)80:4<385::AID-AJMG15>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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