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ACVR1 gene mutation in sporadic Korean patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
Journal of Korean medical science - 1 Jun 2009
Lee Dong Yeon, Cho Tae-Joon, Lee Hye Ran, Park Moon Seok, Yoo Won Joon, Chung Chin Youb, Choi In Ho
Abstract excerpt
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP; OMIM 135100) is a rare but extremely disabling genetic disorder of the skeletal system, and is characterized by the progressive development of ectopic ossification of skeletal muscles and subsequent joint ankylosis. The c.617G>A; p.R206H point mutation in the activin A type I receptor (ACVR1) gene has been reported to be a causative mutation of FOP. In the present...
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