Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Klump·ke's paralysis Pronunciation:
'klümp-kEz- Function:
noun : atrophic paralysis of the forearm and the hand due to injury to theeighth cervical and first thoracic nerves
Déájéárine–Klumpáke /dA-zhA-rEn-klüm-kE,/ Augusta (1859–1927), French neurologist.Déjérine-Klumpke was a specialist in the pathology of the nervous system. With her husband, neurologist Joseph Jules Déjérine (1849–1917), she did research on theanatomy of the nerve centers. After his death she founded a neurological laboratory at the University of Paris. She published descriptions of Klumpke's paralysis in 1885 and of lead palsy in 1889.
