Klippel-Feil syndrome

Klippel-Feil syndrome
Klip·pel-Feil syndrome kli-'pel-'fīl- n congenital fusion of the cervical vertebrae resulting in a short and relatively immobile neck
Klippel Maurice (1858-1942), and
Feil André (b 1884)
French neurologists. Klippel and Feil described the Klippel-Feil syndrome in 1912.

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Klip·pel-Feil syndrome (klĭ-pelґ fīlґ) [Maurice Klippel, French neurologist, 1858–1942; Andrй Feil, French physician, 20th century] see under syndrome.

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