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A Case of Klippel-Feil Syndrome
Hyun Ja Kim, Kang Ho Baek, Hyang Do Ko, Man Tak Oh
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(5):597-601.   Published online May 15, 2001
Klippel-Feil syndrome(KFS) consists of short neck, low posterior hairline and restriction of motion of the neck due to fusion of cervical vertebrae. The typical disorder results from a failure of the normal segmentation of mesodermal somites during 3-8 weeks of gestation. In 1912, the first complete clinical description of this syndrome was given by Klippel and Feil. Feil reported ...
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