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MeSH Heading: Cri-du-Chat Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C10.597.606.360.180; C16.131.077.262; C16.131.260.190; C16.320.180.190
Unique ID: D003410
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003410
Scope Note: 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-).
Entry Term(s): 5p Deletion Syndrome; 5p Minus Syndrome; 5p- Syndrome; Cat Cry Syndrome; Chromosome 5 Short Arm Deletion Syndrome; Chromosome 5p Deletion Syndrome; Chromosome 5p- Syndrome; Crying Cat Syndrome; Deletion of Short Arm of Chromosome 5 Syndrome
See Also: Intellectual Disability
Public MeSH Note: 1977; see CRYING CAT SYNDROME 1964-1976
History Note: 1977; use CRYING CAT SYNDROME 1964-1976
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

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cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

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Concept UI: M0005309
Scope Note: 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-).
Terms: Cri-du-Chat Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T009917
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Crying Cat Syndrome
Term UI T009918
Date05/09/1976
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Chromosome 5p- Syndrome
Term UI T369564
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; 5p Deletion Syndrome
Term UI T369565
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Chromosome 5 Short Arm Deletion Syndrome
Term UI T369566
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Deletion of Short Arm of Chromosome 5 Syndrome
Term UI T369567
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); 5p- Syndrome
Term UI T369568
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Chromosome 5p Deletion Syndrome
Term UI T751630
Date05/22/2009
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Cat Cry Syndrome
Term UI T811472
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; 5p Minus Syndrome
Term UI T816821
Date01/31/2012
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010)

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