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2009 Pediatric Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva eMedicine

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Location: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1007104-overview

Description: Pediatric Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (Myositis Ossificans) * Author: Robert J Pignolo, MD, PhD
Myositis ossificans is a misnomer and the term fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), as used by McKusick, is preferred. It is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by skeletal malformation and progressive, disabling heterotopic osteogenesis. The condition was first described by Guy Patin in 1692.

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