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- noun Abnormal development of
fibrous tissue .
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Examples
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"And Harry has something called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva."
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Patients born with a disease called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) are locked into this fate, often becoming severely disabled before adulthood.
Later On 2009
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Patients born with a disease called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) are locked into this fate, often becoming severely disabled before adulthood.
Later On 2009
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Patients born with a disease called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Scientific American 2009
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PHILADELPHIA - An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is taking the first step in developing a treatment for a rare genetic disorder called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), in which the body's skeletal muscles and soft connective tissue turns to bone, immobilizing patients over a lifetime with a second skeleton.
R&D Mag - News 2009
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Patients born with a disease called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) are locked into this fate, often becoming severely disabled before adulthood.
Later On 2009
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Our daughter, Elizabeth, was diagnosed with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in 1985 at the age of 6, and we first met Dr. Kaplan a few years after that.
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The study has important implications for understanding the rare genetic disorder fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a condition studied by the authors who care for most of the world's 700 patients with the condition.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The study has important implications for understanding the rare genetic disorder fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), a condition studied by the authors who care for most of the world's 700 patients with the condition.
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The 13-year-old, from West London, is suffering from fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Home | Mail Online 2009
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