Recurrence risk in the Angelman (“happy puppet”) syndrome
- 1 August 1987
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Medical Genetics
- Vol. 27 (4), 773-780
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.1320270405
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.Keywords
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