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Research Links

 

Index of over 300 Articles on  Melorheostosis (with synopsis of article contents)

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Melorheostosis:  description with x-rays

Illustrative x-ray, MRI, bone scan, photo examples

 

Definition and related diseases

Definition, including 7 clinical signs

Brief description and illustrative x-rays

Musculoskeletal Imaging Teaching Files

     Case 1

     Case 2

X-rays and descriptive comparisons of skeletal dysphasias, including melorheostosis

Description and two illustrative x-rays

Diagnosis in arm with x-ray

Definition and diagnosis in knee

Melorheostosis of the hand with x-rays:

 

             Case 1

 

             Case 2

Melorheostosis of the foot

Four year old girl with lower extremity melorheostosis; x-rays

Lower extremity weakness and spasticity due to myelopathy caused by melorheostosis

Definition in English and French

 

Germline LEMD3 mutations are rare in sporadic patients with isolated melorheostosis.

 

Deactivating germline mutations in LEMD3 cause osteopoikilosis and Buschke-Ollendorff syndrome, but not sporadic melorheostosis.

 

 

© Copyright 2001—2007  Melorheostosis Association.  All rights reserved.

© Copyright 2001—2006  Melorheostosis Association.  All rights reserved.