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Cri-du-Chat 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; 5p- Syndromes; 5p- Syndromes, Chromosome; Chromosome 5p 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-).