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When Cri du chat syndrome meets Edwards syndrome.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Mar 2015
Xie Yingjun, Zhou Yi, Wu Jianzhu, Sun Yunxia, Chen Yongzhen, Chen Baojiang
Abstract excerpt
It has been well established that the 5p deletion causes Cri du chat syndrome, typically characterized by a cat‑like cry, and that duplication of 18q causes Edwards syndrome; the two are rare genetic abnormalities that separately lead to physical and mental impairments. However, the severity of the clinicopathological characteristics that arise when these two aberrations occur in one patient is unknown. Here, the...
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