"Cri-du-Chat Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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-).
| Descriptor ID |
D003410
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.606.643.180 C16.131.077.262 C16.131.260.190 C16.320.180.190
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| Concept/Terms |
Cri-du-Chat Syndrome- Cri-du-Chat Syndrome
- Cri du Chat Syndrome
- Cri-du-Chat Syndromes
- Syndrome, Cri-du-Chat
- Syndromes, Cri-du-Chat
- 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
- 5p Minus Syndrome
- 5p Minus Syndromes
- Minus Syndrome, 5p
- Minus Syndromes, 5p
- Syndrome, 5p Minus
- Syndromes, 5p Minus
- 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
- Crying Cat Syndrome
- Crying Cat Syndromes
- Syndrome, Crying Cat
- Syndromes, Crying Cat
- Chromosome 5 Short Arm Deletion Syndrome
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cri-du-Chat Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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An unusual case of an infant with failure to thrive. Pediatr Ann. 2012 Dec; 41(12):502-5.
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Duplication 5q and deletion 9p due to a t(5;9)(q34;p23) in 2 cousins with features of Hunter-McAlpine syndrome and hypothyroidism. Cytogenet Genome Res. 2011; 132(4):233-8.