Muscle injury promotes heterotopic ossification by stimulating local bone morphogenetic protein-7 production
Background: Heterotopic ossification (HO) is a pathological condition of abnormal bone formation in soft tissue, which causes pain and restricted range of motion in patients. There are two broad categories of HO, hereditary and acquired. Although different types of HO do not use identical mechanisti...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-07-01
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Series: | Journal of Orthopaedic Translation |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214031X19300476 |