| Feil, Andre | <person> French physician, *1884. See: Klippel-Feil syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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 cervival vertebrae). The condition is also called the klippel-feil sequence (referring to an embryologic or early developmental sequence of events). (12 Dec 1998) |
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| klippel-feil syndrome | <syndrome> Fused vertebrae, especially cervical spine (C3-C4), elevation of scapula (Sprengel deformity), omocervical bones, GU abnormalities (66%), renal agenesis (33%), deafness (33%) (12 Dec 1998) |