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Abstract
A syndrome characterised by a low hairline and a shortened neck resulting from a reduced number of vertebrae or the fusion of multiple hemivertebrae into one osseous mass.
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- Cervical Fusion Syndrome
- Dystrophia Brevicollis Congenita
- Klippel-Feil Sequence
- Vertebral Cervical Fusion Syndrome
- Dystrophia Brevicollis Congenitas
- Klippel Feil Syndrome
- Syndrome, Klippel-Feil
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
short neck as result of vertebral abnorm; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Klippel-Feil Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007714. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007714
- Klippel-Feil Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klippel%E2%80%93Feil_syndrome
- Klippel-Feil Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1774751