Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva: Mechanism of Disease

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Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva: Mechanism of Disease

Living Rheum

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Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva: Mechanism of Disease

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a severely disabling myopathy in which extraskeletal bone forms and accumulates over time within muscles and soft tissues.^1,2 Here’s what we know so far about the mechanisms of heterotopic ossification in patients with FOP.

References:

Kaplan FS et al. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2008;22:191–205.
Pignolo RJ et al. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2011;6:80.