Drowning as a Cause of Death in Angelman Syndrome
| Autor: | Holly A. Ishmael, Michael L. Begleiter, Merlin G. Butler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
congenital
hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty Ataxia business.industry Rehabilitation Poison control macromolecular substances medicine.disease Education Developmental psychology Developmental disorder El Niño Angelman syndrome General Health Professions Injury prevention Happy puppet syndrome Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine medicine.symptom Psychiatry business Cause of death |
| Zdroj: | American Journal on Mental Retardation. 107:69 |
| ISSN: | 0895-8017 |
| DOI: | 10.1352/0895-8017(2002)107<0069:daacod>2.0.co;2 |
| Popis: | Angelman syndrome is characterized by mental retardation, seizures, ataxia, inappropriate laughter, lack of speech, a particular facial appearance, and generally a chromosome 15q11-q13 deletion. Recently, a fascination with water and water-related activities has been reported in individuals with the syndrome. We report on a 9.6-year-old male previously diagnosed with Angelman syndrome who died unexpectedly by drowning in a shallow backyard wading pool. This case further illustrates the fascination with water by individuals with Angelman syndrome and highlights that this fascination may lead to death. We wish to alert careproviders that this fascination with water and water-related activities may contribute to death and that these individuals should be closely supervised when in the presence of water. |
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