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Cri-du-chat syndrome

  • BY KALLIE WILKINS PERIOD 1 FEB. 9
  • Cri-du-chat syndrome is missing chromosome 5
  • It is also known as the cat-cry syndrome
  • Is a chromosomal condition
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THE CAUSE OF THE CONDITION

  • There is a break in chromosome 5
  • Generally occurs while the sperm or egg cell is developing
  • 80% of cases come from the fathers sperms
  • If they are a carrier at least one of their kids will be a carrier
  • It doesn't skip a generation
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COMMON SYMPTOMS

  • When they are a baby they have a high pitch cry
  • They call it the cat cry syndrome
  • They have a small head size, low birth weight, intellectual disability and delayed development
  • weak muscle tone (hypotonia) in infancy
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IS THERE A SPECIFIC GROUP THAT IS COMMONLY AFFECTED

  • 80% of people get it from their father
  • It can happen to any family and any race
  • It is a break in chromosome 5
  • They will have the same affects as anyone else would if they had it
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ARE THERE ANY CURES OR TREATMENTS FOR THE DISEASE

  • There are no cures for this disease
  • They offer therapy to those who have it
  • Therapy will help them speak & function like everyone else
  • They will live to be as old as the average person would live
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INCLUDE ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION

  • Jerome Lejeune discovered this syndrome in 1963
  • It is French for cry of the cat
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • "Cri-du-chat."Genetics Home Reference. 3February 2010. 5February 2014.
  • "Diseases & Technologies."The cure is now. 9february 2014.
  • "Cri du chat syndrome-facts and information."Disabled World.21February 2010. 9February 2014.

Kallie Wilkins