Cri-du-Chat Syndrome
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-).
Year introduced: 1977
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Tree Number(s): C10.597.606.360.180, C16.131.077.262, C16.131.260.190, C16.320.180.190
MeSH Unique ID: D003410
Entry Terms:
- Cri du Chat Syndrome
- Cri-du-Chat Syndromes
- Syndrome, Cri-du-Chat
- Syndromes, Cri-du-Chat
- Crying Cat Syndrome
- Crying Cat Syndromes
- Syndrome, Crying Cat
- Syndromes, Crying Cat
- Chromosome 5p- Syndrome
- 5p- Syndrome, Chromosome
- 5p- Syndromes, Chromosome
- Chromosome 5p- Syndromes
- Syndrome, Chromosome 5p-
- Syndromes, Chromosome 5p-
- 5p Deletion Syndrome
- 5p Deletion Syndromes
- Deletion Syndrome, 5p
- Deletion Syndromes, 5p
- Syndrome, 5p Deletion
- Syndromes, 5p Deletion
- Chromosome 5 Short Arm Deletion Syndrome
- Deletion of Short Arm of Chromosome 5 Syndrome
- 5p- Syndrome
- 5p Syndrome
- 5p- Syndromes
- Syndrome, 5p-
- Chromosome 5p Deletion Syndrome
- Cat Cry Syndrome
- Cat Cry Syndromes
- Syndrome, Cat Cry
- Syndromes, Cat Cry
- 5p Minus Syndrome
- 5p Minus Syndromes
- Minus Syndrome, 5p
- Minus Syndromes, 5p
- Syndrome, 5p Minus
- Syndromes, 5p Minus
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