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Midline brain hamartomatous lesions in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva with ACVR1 mutations.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology - 1 Aug 2023
Kresak Jesse Lee, Walsh Meggen, Tuzzolo Anthony, Ordulu Zehra, Gregory Jason
Abstract excerpt
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by extensive heterotopic ossification of soft tissue structures leading to severe limitations in movement. FOP is caused by a germline mutation in the activating receptor type IA (ACVR1) gene. Worrisome is the fact that up to a third of diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG) also harbor the same point mutation in ACVR1....
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