Generality
Angelman syndrome is a rare genetic neurological disease caused by a mutation of the maternal chromosome 15. It manifests itself with severe intellectual, behavioral and motor deficits; the patient shows the first symptoms already in the very early childhood, but the parents are not always able to notice them immediately.
Figure: a child with Angelman syndrome. From the site: armyofangels.org
At the first suspicion of something abnormal, it is therefore good to subject the little patient to some genetic tests, which are able to clarify the situation.
Unfortunately, Angelman's syndrome is incurable, but there are good countermeasures that relieve the symptoms and improve the living standards of the sufferers.
