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Descriptor English: Klippel-Feil Syndrome
Descriptor Spanish: Síndrome de Klippel-Feil
Descriptor síndrome de Klippel-Feil
Entry term(s) distrofia brevicollis congénita
distrofia congénita con cuello corto
Scope note: Trastorno caracterizado por implantación baja del cabello en la nuca, acortamiento del cuello resultante de la reducción del número de vértebras cervicales o la fusión de múltiples hemivértebras para formar una masa ósea.
Descriptor Portuguese: Síndrome de Klippel-Feil
Descriptor French: Syndrome de Klippel-Feil
Entry term(s): Cervical Fusion Syndrome
Dystrophia Brevicollis Congenita
Dystrophia Brevicollis Congenitas
Klippel Feil Syndrome
Klippel-Feil Sequence
Syndrome, Klippel-Feil
Vertebral Cervical Fusion Syndrome
Tree number(s): C05.116.099.370.535
C05.660.551
C16.131.621.551
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007714
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: short neck as result of vertebral abnorm; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 7890
Unique ID: D007714
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Klippel-Feil Syndrome - Preferred
Concept UI M0012063
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Klippel-Feil Syndrome
Entry term(s) Cervical Fusion Syndrome
Dystrophia Brevicollis Congenita
Dystrophia Brevicollis Congenitas
Klippel Feil Syndrome
Klippel-Feil Sequence
Syndrome, Klippel-Feil
Vertebral Cervical Fusion Syndrome



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