Syndrome, Klippel-Feil

Syndrome, Klippel-Feil
The combination of short neck, low hairline at the nape of the neck and limited movement of the head. It is due to a defect in the early development of the spinal column in the neck (the cervical vertebrae). The condition is also called the Klippel-Feil sequence (referring to an embryologic or early developmental sequence of events).

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  • Síndrome de Klippel-Feil — Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 Q76.1 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Klippel-Feil syndrome — n. cervical fusion syndrome, congenital fusion of the neck vertebrae and abnormalities of the brainstem and cerebellum (named after Andre Feil and Maurice Klippel who independently described the syndrome in 1912) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Klippel-Feil sequence/syndrome — The combination of short neck, low hairline at the nape of the neck and limited movement of the head. It is due to a defect in the early development of the spinal column in the neck (the cervical vertebrae) …   Medical dictionary

  • syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

  • Klippel — n. family name; Maurice Klippel (1858 1942), French neurologist who in 1912 independently of Andre Feil described a syndrome (now called the Klippel Feil syndrome) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Feil — n. family name; Andre Feil (1884 ?), French neurologist who in 1912 independently of Maurice Klippel described a syndrome (now called the Klippel Feil syndrome) …   English contemporary dictionary

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