Atypical Features in Angelman Syndrome Due to Imprinting Defect or Uniparental Disomy of Chromosome 15

B. Dan; S. G. Boyd; Florence Christiaens; Winnie Courtens; L. Van Maldergem; A. Kahn

doi:10.1055/s-2000-7485

Neuropediatrics, Table of Contents

Neuropediatrics 2000; 31(2): 109-110
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-7485

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Atypical Features in Angelman Syndrome Due to Imprinting Defect or Uniparental Disomy of Chromosome 15

B. Dan¹ , S. G. Boyd² , Florence Christiaens¹ , Winnie Courtens¹ , L. Van Maldergem³ , A. Kahn¹

¹ University Children's Hospital Queen Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium
² Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom
³ Institut de Pathologie et de Génétique, Loverval, Belgium

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