CRI DU CHAT SYNDROME
\kɹˈa͡ɪ dˈuː t͡ʃˈat sˈɪndɹə͡ʊm], \kɹˈaɪ dˈuː tʃˈat sˈɪndɹəʊm], \k_ɹ_ˈaɪ d_ˈuː tʃ_ˈa_t s_ˈɪ_n_d_ɹ_əʊ_m]\
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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-).
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