title: B group short-arm deletion syndrome.
abstract: Three cases of the cat-cry syndrome are reported and the literature on Bp- syndromes is reviewed. Although the 4p- and 5p- syndromes have many overlapping features, the cleft lip-palate, seizures, iris coloboma, and other features of the 4p- syndrome, as well as absent cat-cry, are frequently sufficient to distinguish between the 4p- and 5p- syndromes.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D001345:Autoradiography; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D002905:Chromosomes, Human, 4-5; D003410:Cri-du-Chat Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male