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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1981;24(6):597-602. Published online June 15, 1981.

Two Cases of Cri Du Chat(5p-) Syndrome.

Han Soo Choi¹, Sung Seek Lee¹, Chul Lee¹, Kwan Sub Chung¹, Pyung Kil Kim¹, Kir Young Kim¹, Sa Suk Han²

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine Yonsei University Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Pathologr, College of Medicine Yonsei University Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

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.

Keywords :Cri du Chat