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unusual facts about Dejerine-Klumpke paralysis



Joseph Jules Dejerine

Dejerine-Klumpke paralysis: Lower brachial plexus paralysis occurring during birth, particularly with breech deliveries.

Jules Tinel

He received his M.D. in 1910 with a thesis on nerve involvement of tabes which came from work done with Dejerine, Landouzy and Laennec.

Klumpke

Klumpke paralysis (or Klumpke's palsy or Dejerine-Klumpke palsy) is palsy of the brachial plexus


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