title: [Happy-puppet syndrome].
abstract: Six cases of this syndrome previously reported in Great Britain and in Canada are reviewed in relation to a personal case, a 17-month-old boy. The syndrome's main features are microbrachycephaly and peculiar face, mental deficiency with euphoria and laughter, ataxia and epilepsy consisting in infantile spasms and grand-mal attacks. Though its precise nature and cause still remain unknown, the syndrome seems neither familial nor progressive.
mesh_terms: D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007845:Laughter; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: "Happy puppet" syndrome ou syndrome du "pantin hilare"