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Ultra-Rare Bone-Forming Disease Reveals Its Secrets
There is variability in FOP manifestation; flare-ups can occur in different parts of the body, leading to referrals to various medical specialties. To improve medical education, and to raise ...
Their flesh turns to bone, but a new treatment might help them
That is the predicament of patients with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) or “Stone Man Syndrome”, a rare ...
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Stone Man Syndrome Is A Rare Disease That Turns Muscles Into Bones
For patients with a rare genetic disorder that turns their muscles into bone, there is new hope. The disease is […] ...
Nature2y
Landmark study completed for ultra-rare bone-forming disease
There is variability in FOP manifestation; flare-ups can occur in different parts of the body, leading to referrals to various medical specialties. To improve medical education, and to raise ...
‘I’m like a mannequin,’ says this rare disease patient
Also known colloquially as “Stone Man Syndrome”, FOP is a rare genetic disorder where, after birth and progressively through ...
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After FDA setback, Ipsen gets first OK for rare disease drug palovarotene
The regulator has cleared the oral selective retinoic-acid receptor gamma (RARγ) agonist for both chronic use and flare-ups in FOP, a genetic disorder in which tendons and ligaments gradually ...