Article
Inherited ossifying diseases.
Joint bone spine - 1 Mar 2004
Job-Deslandre Chantal
Abstract excerpt
Inherited ossifying diseases are relatively uncommon diseases leading ta a great disability and life-threatening complications. Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva is characterized by the association of skeletal abnormalities mainly in great toes, and enchondral ossifications in tendons and muscles. BMP dysregulation seems to be the main underlying mechanism of the heterotopic ossifications. The genetic basis...
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