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A Three-Generation Pedigree of Multifocal Heterotopic Ossification With Bilateral Involvement.
Orthopedics - 1 Jan 2021
Liu Yang, Zhao Xiao-Dan
Abstract excerpt
Heterotopic ossification (HO) can be classified as nonhereditary HO (NHHO) or hereditary HO (HHO). Hereditary HO includes 2 different forms: fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) and progressive osseous heteroplasia (POH). Each of these disorders is caused by mutations in a single (different) gene. Clinical diagnosis of FOP can be confirmed by sequence analysis of the ACVR1 gene. Fewer than 10 families with...
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