Angelman's syndrome

Introduction: Angelman's syndrome

Description of Angelman's syndrome

Angelman's syndrome (medical condition): Prader-Willi syndrome and Angelman syndrome are two rare chromosome disorders, with very different ...more

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Angelman's syndrome: A condition in which children laugh frequently for almost any reason and whose jerky movements and flapping of the hands are similar to those of a marionette, or puppet-- hence the synonym "happy puppet syndrome." Other disorders include a peculiar facial expression, mental retardation, movement disorders, microbrachycephaly, and various neurological disorders.
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Angelman's syndrome: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Angelman's syndrome:

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• Laugh (10 causes)
• Hands
• Hands disease
• Synonym
• Happy
• Facial
• Facial symptoms (8109 causes)

Angelman's syndrome as a Disease

Angelman's syndrome: Another name for Angelman syndrome (or close medical condition association).
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Angelman's syndrome: Related Diseases

Angelman's syndrome: Angelman's syndrome is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Chromosome conditions
• Imprinted chromosome conditions
• Brain conditions
• Movement conditions
• Mental retardation conditions
• Intellectual or developmental disabilities
• Sleep conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Genetic conditions
• Speech and communication conditions
• Coordination and balance conditions
• Congenital conditions

Symptoms of Angelman's syndrome (Angelman syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of Angelman's syndrome incude:

• Retardation
• Unusually happy demeanor
• Microcephaly (small head)
• Large jaws
• Jerky movements

See full list of 38 symptoms of Angelman's syndrome (Angelman syndrome)

Angelman's syndrome: Article Excerpts about Angelman syndrome

Angelman syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by severe congenital mental retardation, unusual... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Angelman Syndrome Information Page: NINDS)

Angelman's syndrome: Related Disease Topics

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Terms associated with Angelman's syndrome:

Terms Similar to Angelman's syndrome:

• Happy puppet syndrome

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External links related to: Angelman's syndrome

• Angelman syndrome - Genetics Home Reference
• GeneReviews: Angelman Syndrome
• Angelman's syndrome (www.whonamedit.com)
• OMIM - ANGELMAN SYNDROME; AS
• Search Jablonski's Syndromes Database

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