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The congenital great toe malformation of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva? - A close call.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jul 2017
Towler O Will, Shore Eileen M, Xu Meiqi, Bamford Abbey, Anderson Ilse, Pignolo Robert J, Kaplan Frederick S
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BACKGROUND: Congenital bilateral hallux valgus with associated absence or fusion of the interphalangeal joint is a classic diagnostic feature of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a human genetic disease of extra-skeletal bone formation caused in nearly all cases by a gain-of-function mutation in Activin A Receptor I/Activin-like Kinase 2 (ACVR1/ALK2), which encodes a bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)...
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