Shuichi Yatsuga, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka University, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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Abstract

Previous reports of the clinical course of Angelman syndrome (AS) described typical histories of choking, dysphagia, and severe pneumonia, but there were few bedridden cases or none requiring laryngotracheal separation surgery (LTS) were existed. We report a severe bedridden case of AS requiring LTS involving a 19.3 Mb deletion on 15q11.2–q14.
Key words: Angelman syndrome, bedridden, chromosome 15, aspiration pneumonia, laryngotracheal separation