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A recurrent mutation c.617G>A in the ACVR1 gene causes fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in two Chinese patients.
Calcified tissue international - 1 May 2009
Sun Yue, Xia Weibo, Jiang Yan, Xing Xiaoping, Li Mei, Wang Ou, Zhang Huabing, Hu Yingying, Liu Huaicheng, Meng Xunwu, Zhou Xueying
Abstract excerpt
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP; OMIM 135100) is a rare heritable disorder of connective tissue characterized by congenital malformations of the great toes and recurrent episodes of painful soft tissue swelling that lead to heterotopic ossifications. Recent studies have shown that the ACVR1 (activin A receptor, type I; OMIM 102576) gene, which encodes the BMP type I receptor protein, is responsible for...
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