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Recurrence risk in the Angelman ("happy puppet") syndrome
P J Willems1, I Dijkstra, O F Brouwer
1Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
American Journal of Medical Genetics
|August 1, 1987
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.