Melhorheostosis (IMAGE)

NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Melhorheostosis

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At left, a bone with the dripping candle wax form of melorheostosis; at right, a bone with melorheostosis resulting from a mutation in the SMAD3 gene.

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National Institutes of Health

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