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[Recommendations for the healthcare of patients with FOP].
Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) - 1 Nov 2023
Seefried L, Banholzer D, Fischer R, Grafe I, Hüning I, Morhart R, Oheim R, Semler O, Siggelkow H, Stockklausner C, Hoyer-Kuhn H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a very rare, severe genetic disorder triggered by a gain-of-function mutation in the ACVR1 gene that codes for the type I bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) receptor ACVR1 (activin A receptor-type 1), also known as ALK2 (activin receptor-like kinase-2). It leads to the onset and progression of heterotopic ossification (HO) in soft and connective tissue. HO...
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