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Cri-du-Chat Syndrome

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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-).     
See Also Intellectual Disability 		Other names Chromosome 5p- Syndrome; 5p Deletion Syndrome; Syndrome, 5p Deletion; Deletion Syndromes, 5p; Deletion Syndrome, 5p; Crying Cat Syndromes; Cri-du-Chat Syndromes; Cri du Chat Syndrome; Chromosome 5p- Syndromes; 5p- Syndromes, Chromosome; 5p- Syndromes; 5p- Syndrome, Chromosome; 5p Syndrome; 5p Deletion Syndromes; Deletion of Short Arm of Chromosome 5 Syndrome; Crying Cat Syndrome; Chromosome 5p Deletion Syndrome; Chromosome 5 Short Arm Deletion Syndrome; 5p- Syndrome; Syndromes, Crying Cat
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Cat cry syndrome  0   *Cri-du-Chat Syndrome.
Chromosome 5, uniparental disomy  0   *Cri-du-Chat Syndrome *Trisomy *Uniparental Disomy Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5 Mosaicism.
Chromosome 5, trisomy 5q  0   *Cri-du-Chat Syndrome *Trisomy Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5.
Chromosome 5, trisomy 5pter p13 3  0   *Cri-du-Chat Syndrome *Trisomy Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5.
Chromosome 5, trisomy 5p  0   *Cri-du-Chat Syndrome.
Chromosome 5, monosomy 5q35  0   *Cri-du-Chat Syndrome *Trisomy Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5.

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