[Neonatal cri-du-chat syndrome revelead by facial dysmorphism and weak suction: a case report].

Cri-du-chat syndrome is a rare genetic disorder, due to a deletion of the short arm of chromosome 5 (5p-). Its incidence is ranging from 1/15000 to 1/50000 live births. This was a one-day-old male newborn from a non-consanguineous marriage, the first pregnancy uncomplicated and carried to term with a birth weight of 2295g.