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Mutational analysis of the ACVR1 gene in Italian patients affected with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: confirmations and advancements.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Mar 2009
Bocciardi Renata, Bordo Domenico, Di Duca Marco, Di Rocco Maja, Ravazzolo Roberto
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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP, MIM 135100) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by congenital great toe malformations and progressive heterotopic ossification transforming skeletal muscles and connective tissues to bone following a well-defined anatomic pattern of progression. Recently, FOP has been associated with a specific mutation of ACVR1, the gene coding for a bone morphogenetic protein...
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