See Also: Dejerine-Klumpke palsy(medicine)
Dejerine-Klumpke(medicine)
Dejerine-Klumpke syndrome(medicine)
Klumpke palsy(medicine)
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Dejerine's sign(medicine)
Dejerine's disease(medicine)
Dejerine's reflex(medicine)

Dejerine-Klumpke palsy (medicine)


Dejerine-Klumpke palsy -->
Klumpke palsy


A type of brachial birth palsy in which there is paralysis of the muscles of the distal forearm and hand (all ulnar innervated muscles, plus more distal radial and median-innervated muscles), due to a lesion of the lower trunk of the brachial plexus, or of the C8 and T1 cervical roots.

Synonym: Dejerine-Klumpke palsy, Dejerine-Klumpke syndrome, Klumpke's paralysis.