Cri-du-Chat SyndromeAn 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-).
SyndromeA symptom complex of unknown etiology, that is characteristic of a particular abnormality.
ArmThe superior part of the upper extremity between the SHOULDER and the ELBOW.
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