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Cri du Chat Syndrome
A genetic syndrome resulting from a partial deletion on the short arm of chromosome 5. It is characterized by a cat-like cry in infancy, microcephaly, mental retardation, growth failure, round face, hypertelorism, and cardiac failure. (NCI Thesaurus)
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