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Abstract
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-).
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- 5p Deletion Syndrome
- 5p Minus Syndrome
- 5p- Syndrome
- Cat Cry Syndrome
- Chromosome 5 Short Arm Deletion Syndrome
- Chromosome 5p Deletion Syndrome
- Chromosome 5p- Syndrome
- Crying Cat Syndrome
- Deletion of Short Arm of Chromosome 5 Syndrome
- 5p Deletion Syndromes
- 5p Minus Syndromes
- 5p Syndrome
- 5p- Syndrome, Chromosome
- 5p- Syndromes
- 5p- Syndromes, Chromosome
- Cat Cry Syndromes
- Chromosome 5p- Syndromes
- Cri du Chat Syndrome
- Cri-du-Chat Syndromes
- Crying Cat Syndromes
- Deletion Syndrome, 5p
- Deletion Syndromes, 5p
- Minus Syndrome, 5p
- Minus Syndromes, 5p
- Syndrome, 5p Deletion
- Syndrome, 5p Minus
- Syndrome, 5p-
- Syndrome, Cat Cry
- Syndrome, Chromosome 5p-
- Syndrome, Cri-du-Chat
- Syndrome, Crying Cat
- Syndromes, 5p Deletion
- Syndromes, 5p Minus
- Syndromes, Cat Cry
- Syndromes, Chromosome 5p-
- Syndromes, Cri-du-Chat
- Syndromes, Crying Cat
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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History Note
1977; use CRYING CAT SYNDROME 1964-1976
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Cri-du-Chat Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003410. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003410
- Cri-du-Chat Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cri_du_chat_syndrome
- Cri-du-Chat Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q752298