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= = = = =Cri-Du-Chat Syndrome->Cry of the Cat = ** Cri du Chat:T ** his is an autosomal deletion syndrome, caused by a part deletion of one of chromosome #5, out of the 23 pairs .This disorder was discovered by Jerome lejuene. It has the name cri-du-chat beacause the sound the children with this disorder make is cat like, which is caused by an abnormal larynx development, which is a characteristic of this disoder.Its only connected to chromosome #5, its sometimes called 5p-. **Chracteristics:** **Statictics**: **Life expentancy**:The poeple affected with this disorder are expected to have a normal life, although not as healthy as they could be. **Other information about Cri du chat**:Most cases of Cri du chat are not inherited, the deletion sometimes happens as a mutataion during mieosis, or during the production of the zygote. There are no outside factors for the disorder, and its one of the most common disorder caused by a chromososmal disorder."Doctors identify this disorder mostly by the cry of the infant, and the other characteristics of cause."
 * mental retardation,
 * low birth weight,
 * a cat like cry,
 * slow growth,
 * small head and jaw
 * some of the internal charcteristics are heart defects,
 * muscular or skeletal problems,
 * hearing or sIght problems, or
 * poor muscle tone.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">This conditions happens in 20,000 to 50, 000 children.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">All with ethnic backgrounds
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Affects female in a 4:3 ratio.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">About 10% of poeple with cri du chat inherit the abnormality from a parent that was not affected
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">About 80% of cri du chat cases are caused by the male cell.

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