J Korean Pediatr Soc.
1981 Jun;24(6):597-602.
Two Cases of Cri Du Chat(5p-) Syndrome
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine Yonsei University Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Pathologr, College of Medicine Yonsei University Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
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We have experienced two cases of the Cri Du Chat Syndrome. The first case, 1 and 11/12 year old female, was admitted to evaluated profound mental retardation and failure to thrive. The other, 3 month old female, visit this dept for cat-like cry. They had the typical clinical characteristics of the Cri Du Chat Syndrome and showed showed the classical chromosome abnormality (46, XX 5p-), revealed by cytogenetic study.