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Results 1 - 4 of 4 for Melorheostosis
  1. Melorheostosis 
    Melorheostosis is a rare bone disease. It causes the abnormal growth of new bone tissue on the surface of existing bones. The new bone has a characteristic appearance ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/melorheostosis - Genetics
  2. LEMD3 gene 
    ... Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome have another bone abnormality called melorheostosis, which is characterized by excess bone growth on ... Occasionally, mutations in this gene cause osteopoikilosis and melorheostosis without connective tissue nevi. (Studies suggest that LEMD3 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/lemd3 - Genetics
  3. Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome 
    ... example, a small percentage of affected individuals have melorheostosis, which is characterized by excess bone growth on ... bones in a pattern resembling dripping candle wax. Melorheostosis usually affects the bones in one arm or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../condition/buschke-ollendorff-syndrome - Genetics
  4. MAP2K1 gene 
    ... MAP2K1 gene have been identified in people with melorheostosis. This rare disease causes the abnormal growth of ... appearance on x-rays.The mutations associated with melorheostosis are described as somatic. Somatic mutations occur during ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/map2k1 - Genetics