Cri-du-chat syndrome

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• Synonyms

  • Deletion of 5p
  • Cat cry syndrome
  • Crie du chat syndrome

• Causes

  • Chromosome 5 mutation
  • Monosomy 5p

• Effects

  • Mental retardation
  • Hypertelorism
  • Microcephaly
  • Micrognathia
  • Prominent epicanthic folds
  • Webbed digits
  • Simian palmar crease
  • Global developmental delay
  • Diastasis recti
  • Neonatal hypotonia

• Parents

  • Disease due to genetic mutation

• Description

  • "partial deletion of the short arm of chromosome number 5"