title: Cat-like cry and mental retardation owing to 7q interstitial deletion (7q22 leads to 7q32).
abstract: A patient with mental retardation and mild facial dysmorphism had a karyotype which was considered to be normal before the availability of chromosomal banding techniques. She had a history of a cat-like cry and severe feeding problems during infancy. At the age of 9, she was still found to have initial aphonia on trying to initiate sounds. Repeat chromosome analysis with G banding showed an interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 7.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D002648:Child; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002906:Chromosomes, Human, 6-12 and X; D003410:Cri-du-Chat Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D013577:Syndrome