cri-du-chat syndrome
(redirected from cri du chat syndromecat-cry syndrome)cri-·du-·chat syn·drome
, cri du chat syndromecat-cry syndromea disorder due to deletion of the short arm of chromosome 5, characterized by microcephaly, hypertelorism, antimongoloid palpebral fissures, epicanthal folds, micrognathia, strabismus, mental and physical retardation, and a characteristic high-pitched catlike whine.
Synonym(s): cat's cry syndrome, Lejeune syndrome
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cri-du-chat syndrome
(crē-do͞o-shä′)n.
A congenital chromosomal disorder marked by microcephaly, epicanthal folds, micrognathia, strabismus, psychomotor and intellectual disability, and a characteristic high-pitched cry.
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Prognosis Lifespan relatively normal
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cri-du-chat syndrome
Lejeune syndrome Pediatrics An embryopathy more common in ♀, due to loss of short arm of chromosome 5, occasionally due to a ring chromosome Clinical High-pitched feline mewing which often diminishes with age, low birth weight, mental and physical retardation, hypertelorism, hypotonia, microcephaly, micrognathia, epicanthal folds, a moon-like facies, low-set ears, congenital heart defects, short metacarpals and metatarsals, pes planus, and partial syndactyly Prognosis Lifespan relatively normalMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
cri-du-chat syn·drome
(krē-dū-shah' sin'drōm)A disorder due to deletion of the short arm of chromosome 5, characterized by microcephaly, hypertelorism, antimongoloid palpebral fissures, epicanthal folds, micrognathia, strabismus, mental and physical retardation, and a characteristic high-pitched catlike whine.
[Fr. cat's cry]
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Lejeune,
Jerôme J.L.M., French cytogeneticist, 1926–.Lejeune syndrome - a disorder characterized by microcephaly, antimongoloid palpebral fissures, epicanthal folds, micrognathia, strabismus, mental and physical retardation, and a characteristic high-pitched catlike whine. Synonym(s): cri-du-chat syndrome
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cri-du-chat syn·drome
(krē-dū-shah' sin'drōm)Disorder characterized by microcephaly, hypertelorism, antimongoloid palpebral fissures, epicanthal folds, micrognathia, strabismus, mental and physical retardation, and a characteristic high-pitched catlike whine.
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