Burned to the bone.
Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1126/scitranslmed.3010168.
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Abstract
Heterotopic ossification--a complication of severe burns, head or blast injuries, and orthopaedic trauma--can result from altered adenosine metabolism in mesenchymal stem cells in response to elevated extracellular ATP (Peterson et al., this issue).
Medical subject headings
- Achilles Tendon
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Apyrase
- Burns
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells
- Ossification, Heterotopic
- Osteogenesis