Insights from a rare genetic disorder of extra-skeletal bone formation, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.bone.2008.05.013 and PMC identifier 2601573.
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Abstract
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare human genetic disorder of extensive and debilitating extra-skeletal bone formation. While the challenges of investigating a rare condition are many, the potential benefits are also great - not only for the specific disease under investigation, but also for the unique perspective on how cells normally function and the mechanisms that underlie more common disorders. This review will illustrate some of the many insights that we have gained by studying FOP.
Medical subject headings
- Genetic Diseases, Inborn
- Myositis Ossificans
- Osteogenesis