"Angelman Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A syndrome characterized by multiple abnormalities, MENTAL RETARDATION, and movement disorders. Present usually are skull and other abnormalities, frequent infantile spasms (SPASMS, INFANTILE); easily provoked and prolonged paroxysms of laughter (hence "happy"); jerky puppetlike movements (hence "puppet"); continuous tongue protrusion; motor retardation; ATAXIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; and a peculiar facies. It is associated with maternal deletions of chromosome 15q11-13 and other genetic abnormalities. (From Am J Med Genet 1998 Dec 4;80(4):385-90; Hum Mol Genet 1999 Jan;8(1):129-35)
| Descriptor ID |
D017204
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.662.075 C16.131.077.095 C16.131.260.040 C16.320.180.040
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| Concept/Terms |
Angelman Syndrome- Angelman Syndrome
- Syndrome, Angelman
- Puppet Children
- Children, Puppet
- Happy Puppet Syndrome
- Syndrome, Happy Puppet
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Microdeletion/microduplication of proximal 15q11.2 between BP1 and BP2: a susceptibility region for neurological dysfunction including developmental and language delay. Hum Genet. 2011 Oct; 130(4):517-28.