A 43-year-old member asked:
How to know what is angelman syndrome?
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Dr. Mohammad Homsianswered
Neurology 34 years experience
Happy Puppet Syndrom: As is a genetic disorder, a chromosome 15 deletion, characterized by intellectual and developmental delay, sleep disorder, seizures, jerky movements, abnormal gait, autistic behavior and frequent laughter or smiling.No cure is available, anti-seizure medications can be given for the seizures.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
What is angelman syndrome?
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Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 33 years experience
Angelman syndrome: It is a Neuro-genetic disorder resulting from abnormality of genes on Chromosome 15 .
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Last updated Oct 4, 2016
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