Cri-du-Chat Syndrome

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Is a:
  • Disease or Syndrome
  • Congenital Abnormality
Definition:
An infantile syndrome characterized by a cat-like cry, failure to thrive, microcephaly, mental retardation, spastic quadriparesis, micro- and retrognathia, glossoptosis, bilateral epicanthus, hypertelorism, and tiny external genitalia. It is caused by a deletion of the short arm of chromosome 5 (5p-).
Synonyms:
  • 5p Deletion Syndrome
  • 5p Deletion Syndromes
  • 5p- Syndrome
  • 5p- Syndrome, Chromosome
  • 5p- Syndromes
  • 5p- Syndromes, Chromosome
  • Chromosome 5 Short Arm Deletion Syndrome
  • Chromosome 5p- Syndrome
  • Chromosome 5p- Syndromes
  • Cri du Chat Syndrome
  • Cri-du-Chat Syndromes
  • Crying Cat Syndrome
  • Crying Cat Syndromes
  • Deletion of Short Arm of Chromosome 5 Syndrome
  • Deletion Syndrome, 5p
  • Deletion Syndromes, 5p
  • Syndrome, 5p Deletion
  • Syndrome, 5p-
  • Syndrome, Chromosome 5p-
  • Syndrome, Cri-du-Chat
  • Syndrome, Crying Cat
  • Syndromes, 5p Deletion
  • Syndromes, 5p-
  • Syndromes, Chromosome 5p-
  • Syndromes, Cri-du-Chat
  • Syndromes, Crying Cat
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