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DOID:0060034 - dropped head syndrome
Disease Ontology Definition:A spinal disease that is characterized by severe kyphotic deformity of the cervicothoracic spine and by severe weakness of the cervical paraspinal muscles that results in the passively correctable chin-on-chest deformity. This syndrome is defined by weakness of neck extensor muscles against gravity with or without weakness of neck flexor muscles.
Synonyms: floppy head syndrome,
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Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD
Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
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spinal disease (is_a)