Prevalence of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) in France: an estimate based on a record linkage of two national databases
Abstract Background Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a rare, severely disabling, and life-shortening genetic disorder that causes the formation of heterotopic bone within soft connective tissue. Previous studies found that the FOP prevalence was about one in every two million lives. Th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-06-01
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Series: | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-017-0674-5 |