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Angelman's syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by deletion on genes on chromosome 15 contributed by the mother to child, once you are born with it, the faulty gene has already done the damage. There is no cure for it.

Note: If their deletion of the same gene on chromosome 15 contributed by the father, it results in Prader Willi syndrome.

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