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Cri-du-Chat Syndrome

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Cri-du-Chat Syndrome Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition 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-).

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