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Reflex seizures in a patient with Angelman syndrome and trisomy 21

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to the patient’s parents for their cooperation. We are also grateful to the Italian Angelman Syndrome Organization (OR.S.A.) for giving us to opportunity to attend their meetings and to encounter Angelman Syndrome families.

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  1. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy

    Edoardo Ferlazzo & Umberto Aguglia

  2. Regional Epilepsy Centre, Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Edoardo Ferlazzo, Chiara Sueri, Tiziana D’Agostino & Umberto Aguglia

  3. Oasi Institute for Research on Mental Retardation and Brain Aging (IRCCS), Troina, EN, Italy

    Maurizio Elia

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Ferlazzo, E., Sueri, C., Elia, M. et al. Reflex seizures in a patient with Angelman syndrome and trisomy 21. Neurol Sci 37, 1373–1374 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-016-2547-4

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