"Cri-du-Chat Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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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-).
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D003410 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | C10.597.606.643.180 C16.131.077.262 C16.131.260.190 C16.320.180.190 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Cri-du-Chat SyndromeCri-du-Chat SyndromeCri du Chat SyndromeCri-du-Chat SyndromesSyndrome, Cri-du-ChatSyndromes, Cri-du-ChatChromosome 5p- Syndrome5p- Syndrome, Chromosome5p- Syndromes, ChromosomeChromosome 5p- SyndromesSyndrome, Chromosome 5p-Syndromes, Chromosome 5p-5p Deletion Syndrome5p Deletion SyndromesDeletion Syndrome, 5pDeletion Syndromes, 5pSyndrome, 5p DeletionSyndromes, 5p Deletion5p Minus Syndrome5p Minus SyndromesMinus Syndrome, 5pMinus Syndromes, 5pSyndrome, 5p MinusSyndromes, 5p MinusDeletion of Short Arm of Chromosome 5 Syndrome5p- Syndrome5p Syndrome5p- SyndromesSyndrome, 5p-Chromosome 5p Deletion SyndromeCat Cry SyndromeCat Cry SyndromesSyndrome, Cat CrySyndromes, Cat CryCrying Cat SyndromeCrying Cat SyndromesSyndrome, Crying CatSyndromes, Crying CatChromosome 5 Short Arm Deletion Syndrome
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