Clinical presentation of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: Pitfalls in diagnosis

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 539-543

  Magryta, Christopher J ^a   Kligora, Chris J ^a   Thomas Temple, H ^b   Malik, Rajesh K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva; Paraspinous mass

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033496674     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199911000-00018     Document Type: Article

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