CRI DU CHAT

CRI DU CHAT

• chromosome 5p deletion syndrome
• first described by Jérôme Lejeune in 1963
• 1/50,000

LOSE THE CRY

• 1/3 of children
• age of 2 years.

cri du chat syndrome may include:

• feeding
• low birth weight
• speech
• behavioral problems
• unusual facial
• excessive drooling
• small head and jaw

Cri du chat syndrome at age of 8 months and 2 years

Cri du chat syndrome at age of 4 years and 9 years