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[Cytokines in bone diseases. BMP signaling and fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva].
Clinical calcium - 1 Oct 2010
Katagiri Takenobu, Kamizono Jyunji, Nakashima Yasuharu, Kitoh Hiroshi, Susami Takafumi, Haga Nobuhiko
Abstract excerpt
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by progressive heterotopic bone formation in skeletal muscle tissue. In 2007, FOP was authorized as one of the Intractable Disorders by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan. The Research Committee on FOP is working on the molecular mechanisms underlying heterotopic bone formation and the development of...
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