Prevalence of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) in France: an estimate based on a record linkage of two national databases

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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Main Authors: Geneviève Baujat, Rémy Choquet, Stéphane Bouée, Viviane Jeanbat, Laurène Courouve, Amélie Ruel, Caroline Michot, Kim-Hanh Le Quan Sang, David Lapidus, Claude Messiaen, Paul Landais, Valérie Cormier-Daire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Subjects:
Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Epidemiology
Prevalence
Data bases
Rare genetic diseases
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13023-017-0674-5

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