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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: mechanisms and models of skeletal metamorphosis.
Disease models & mechanisms - 1 Nov 2012
Kaplan Frederick S, Chakkalakal Salin A, Shore Eileen M
Abstract excerpt
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP; MIM #135100) is a debilitating genetic disorder of connective tissue metamorphosis. It is characterized by malformation of the great (big) toes during embryonic skeletal development and by progressive heterotopic endochondral ossification (HEO) postnatally, which leads to the formation of a second skeleton of heterotopic bone. Individuals with these classic clinical...
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