A case of Klippel-Feil syndrome with renal agenesis
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Klippel-Feil syndrome with unilateral renal agenesis and renal failure.
Sir, T triad of short neck, low posterior hairline and severe restriction of cervical motion is a classic definition of KlippelFeil syndrome. Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is characterized by congenital fusion of two or more cervical vertebrae and is believed to result from faulty segmentation along the embryo’s developing axis during the second to eighth week of gestation. This is commonly assoc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1309-6621
DOI: 10.5799/ahinjs.01.2010.01.0012