The nurse is teaching parents of a child with cri du chat syndrome about this disorder.The nurse understands parents understand the teaching if they make which statement?

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Typical of this disease is a crying pattern that is abnormal and catlike.Cri du chat,or cat's cry,syndrome is a rare (one in 50,000 live births)chromosome deletion syndrome,not autosomal recessive,resulting from loss of the small arm of chromosome 5.In early infancy this syndrome manifests with a typical but nondistinctive facial appearance,often a "moon-shaped" face with wide-spaced eyes (hypertelorism).As the child grows,this feature is progressively diluted,and by age 2 years,the child is indistinguishable from age-matched control participants.

The Nurse Is Teaching Parents of a Child with Cri