Clinical, radiological, and molecular diagnosis of progressive fibrodysplasia ossificans

• Main Authors: Vianey Ordóñez-Labastida (Author), Alan Cárdenas-Conejo (Author), Juan C. Huicochea-Montiel (Author), Guadalupe E. Paredez-Rivera (Author), Alberto Hidalgo-Bravo (Author), Lucero M.J. Monterde-Cruz (Author), María A. Aráujo-Solís (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Permanyer, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Progressive fibrodysplasia ossificans is a rare genetic disease with heterozygous mutations (autosomal dominant inheritance) in the ACVR1 gene, which causes progressive heterotopic ossification in muscles, tendons, and ligaments, usually secondary to trauma. The ossification foci generat...