Klippel-Feil syndrome

physical disorder that has material basis in abnormal segmentation of the vertebra during fetal development which results in fusion located in cervical vertebra
MedicalCondition rare_disease Q1774751
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Klippel-Feil syndrome

Summary

Klippel-Feil syndrome is a rare disease[1]. It draws 148 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #96 of 627).[2]

Key Facts

  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's instance of is recorded as rare disease[3].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's instance of is recorded as class of disease[4].
  • Maurice Klippel is named after Klippel-Feil syndrome[5].
  • André Feil is named after Klippel-Feil syndrome[6].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome is a type of congenital disorder[7].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome is a type of spinal disease[8].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome is a type of syndrome[9].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome is a type of disease[10].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's Commons category is recorded as Klippel–Feil syndrome[11].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's anatomical location is recorded as human vertebral column[12].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 756.16[13].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C98967[14].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's health specialty is recorded as medical genetics[15].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's genetic association is recorded as MEOX1[16].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's genetic association is recorded as GDF6[17].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's genetic association is recorded as GDF3[18].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_10426[19].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:10426[20].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0004602[21].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_2345[22].
  • Klippel-Feil syndrome's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[23].

Why It Matters

Klippel-Feil syndrome draws 148 Wikipedia views per month (rare_disease category, ranking #96 of 627).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Mutations in MEOX1, encoding mesenchyme homeobox 1, cause Klippel-Feil anomaly. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Mutations in GDF6 are associated with vertebral segmentation defects in Klippel-Feil syndrome. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Mutation of the bone morphogenetic protein GDF3 causes ocular and skeletal anomalies. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Human Phenotype Ontology release 2018-03-08. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of congenital disorder, spinal disease, syndrome +1
    Named after
    Health specialty medical genetics
    Genetic association MEOX1, GDF6, GDF3
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