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MUNCHMEYERS DISEASE [1 record]

Record 1 2017-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Muscles and Tendons
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

[A] disorder in which muscle tissue and connective tissue such as tendons and ligaments are gradually replaced by bone (ossified), forming bone outside the skeleton (extra-skeletal or heterotopic bone) that constrains movement.

Key term(s)
  • Munchmeyer disease

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Muscles et tendons
  • Os et articulations
CONT

La FOP se traduit par une ossification progressive des muscles, tendons, ligaments et autres tissus mous. Ces calcifications forment des ponts d'os entre les articulations. Le malade est peu à peu emprisonné dans un second squelette.

Spanish

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