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Maurice Klippel
French neurologist and psychiatrist, born May 30, 1858, Mulhouse, Alsace; died 1942.
Associated eponyms:
Klippel's deformity
Congenital high position of the scapula in association with other anomalies of vertebrae and ribs.
Klippel's disease
Weakness or pseudoparalysis due to generalized arthritic paralysis in elderly persons who have cerebral arteriosclerosis.
Klippel-Feil deformity
Congenital anomaly characterized by a reduced number of cervical vertebrae or multiple hemivertebrae fused into a single osseous mass, producing a short and wide neck with limited motion.
Klippel-Feldstein syndrome
Familial hypertrophy of the cranial vault without any apparent functional disorders.
Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome
A rare syndrome characterized by unilateral congenital capillary and cavernous haemangiomatous malformations of the arteriovenous system, syndactyly, overgrowth of certain fingers, and osteohypertrophic changes of one extremity.
Klippel-Weil sign
A phenomenon characteristic of the spastic syndrome: Passive extension of a flexion contracture of the fingers results in involuntary flexion of the fingers and abduction of the thumb in pyramidal tract disease.
Biography:
Maurice Klippel studied medicine in Paris. He became Interne in 1884, and obtained his medical doctorate in 1889. He became médecin des hôpitaux, and in 1901 he was appointed to a senior post at the Hospice Debrousse. and the following year he became head of a department of general medicine at the Hôpital Tenon.
Klippel was a prolific writer, best known for his publications on neurology and psychiatry. His topics, however, covered a broad spectre of medical themes, such as histology, pathology and congenital disorders. Klippel retired from Hôpital Tenon in 1924 and died in 1942 at the age of 84 years.
Bibliography:
- Des amyotrophies. Paris, 1889.
- Les paralysies générales progressives. Paris, 1898.
- Abscès cerébral.
In: Traité de médecine by Paul Camille Hippolyte Brouardel (1837-1906) and Nicolas Augustin Gilbert (1858-1927). Paris, 1901.
- Syphilis cérébrale.
In: Traité de médecine by Brouardel and Gilbert. Paris, 1901.
- Tumeurs cérebrales.
In: Traité de médecine by Brouardel and Gilbert. Paris, 1901.
- Maladies des méninges.
With others. Nouveau traité de médecine, Paris, 1912.
- Pathologie générale évolutive. Paris, 1921.
Obituary :
- Presse médical, Paris, 1942; 46: 654.
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