title: Maurice Klippel.
abstract: Maurice Klippel (1858-1942) was a turn-of-the-century French internist with a special interest in neurology and psychiatry. He authored numerous medical papers in these disciplines, but is best known to spine surgeons for his description, co-authored with Andre Feil, of a patient with congenital fusion of the cervical vertebrae, a condition now known as Klippel-Feil syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lauerman
mesh_terms: D004850:Eponyms; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007714:Klippel-Feil Syndrome / Q000266:history*; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history