Cri Du Chat Research Paper

The main symptoms of cri du chat are first and foremost is that when they are babies they have a very distinct high pitched cry that sounds like that of a cat, which explains the name cat cry syndrome, intellectual disabilities, delayed development and low birth weight. The other symptoms are abnormality of the voice, cognitive impairment, low set, posteriorly rotated ears, microcephaly (head is smaller than expected), muscular hypotonia (decreased muscle tone), round face, wide nasal bridge and abnormality of the palate. There is not really any treatment for cri du chat. They do recommend that they start early physical therapy so that a person with this disorder can achieve physical and motor milestones such as sitting and standing up,