Taber's Medical Dictionary
Angelman syndrome
(ān′jĕl-măn, ăn′)
[Harry Angelman, Brit. pediatrician, 1915-1996]
A rare genetic condition marked by severe mental retardation, microcephaly, and paroxysms of laughter. It is due to an abnormal chromosome 15 of maternal origin.
SEE: Prader-Willi syndrome
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Angelman Syndrome." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 23rd ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2017. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758788/all/Angelman_syndrome.
Angelman syndrome. In: Venes D, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. 23rd ed. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758788/all/Angelman_syndrome. Accessed December 6, 2019.
Angelman syndrome. (2017). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary. Available from https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758788/all/Angelman_syndrome
Angelman Syndrome [Internet]. In: Venes D, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2017. [cited 2019 December 06]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/758788/all/Angelman_syndrome.
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