Surgical management of bilateral hip fractures in a patient with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva treated with the RAR-γ agonist palovarotene: a case report

BACKGROUND: Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an ultra-rare disorder marked by painful, recurrent flare-ups and heterotopic ossification (HO) in soft and connective tissues, which can be idiopathic or provoked by trauma, illness, inflammation, or surgery. There are currently no effectiv...

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Autores principales: Singh, Sukhmani, Kidane, Joseph, Wentworth, Kelly L., Motamedi, Daria, Morshed, Saam, Schober, Andrew E., Hsiao, Edward C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7126417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32245464
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-03240-2

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