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fibrodysplasia
(redirected from fibrodysplasia ossificans)

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fibrodysplasia /fi·bro·dys·pla·sia/ (fi″bro-dis-pla´zhah) abnormality in development of fibrous connective tissue.
fi·bro·dys·pla·sia (fbr-ds-plzh)
n.
Abnormal development of fibrous connective tissue.
fibrodysplasia [fi″bro-dis-pla´zhah]
abnormality in development of fibrous connective tissue.
fibrodysplasia
fibrous dysplasia.
fibrodysplasia ossificans
see myositis ossificans.
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The discovery was made while studying a rare genetic disease of misplaced bone growth, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).
Circulating blood cells can form bone outside the normal skeleton by Asian News International
At school, Jasmin cannot participate in sports, leaves class several minutes early to avoid being jostled in the hallways and must sit in a padded chair during class to avoid any injury that would cause a flare-up of her disease, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
Battling a rare ailment by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
4) Finally, many systemic diseases can lead to auricular ossification, including congenital plaque-like osteomatosis, Albright hereditary osteodystrophy, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, Addison disease, osseous heteroplasia, and collagen vascular diseases, especially CREST syndrome and childhood dermatomyositis.
Auricular ossification resulting in external auditory canal stenosis by Carfrae, Matthew J.; Foyt, David / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
 
 
 
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