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Cri-du-Chat Syndrome
5p Deletion Syndrome | Chromosome 5p- Syndrome | 5p- Syndrome | Chromosome 5 Short Arm Deletion Syndrome | Crying Cat Syndrome | Deletion of Short Arm of Chromosome 5 Syndrome | 5p Syndrome | 5p Deletion Syndromes | 5p- Syndrome, Chromosome
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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