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-).
Also Known As:
5p- Syndrome; Syndromes, Cri-du-Chat; 5p Deletion Syndrome; 5p Minus Syndrome; Cat Cry Syndrome; Chromosome 5 Short Arm Deletion Syndrome; Chromosome 5p Deletion Syndrome; Crying Cat Syndrome; Deletion of Short Arm of Chromosome 5 Syndrome; 5p Deletion Syndromes; 5p Minus Syndromes; 5p Syndrome; 5p- Syndrome, Chromosome; 5p- Syndromes; 5p- Syndromes, Chromosome; Cat Cry Syndromes; Chromosome 5p- Syndromes; Cri du Chat Syndrome; Cri-du-Chat Syndromes; Crying Cat Syndromes; Deletion Syndrome, 5p; Deletion Syndromes, 5p; Minus Syndrome, 5p; Minus Syndromes, 5p; Syndrome, 5p Deletion; Syndrome, 5p Minus; Syndrome, 5p-; Syndrome, Cat Cry; Syndrome, Chromosome 5p-; Syndrome, Cri-du-Chat; Syndrome, Crying Cat; Syndromes, 5p Deletion; Syndromes, 5p Minus; Syndromes, Cat Cry; Syndromes, Chromosome 5p-; Syndromes, Crying Cat; Chromosome 5p- Syndrome