Kaplan co-directs the Center for Research in FOP and Related Disorders and is recognized as the world's leading expert on genetic disorders of heterotopic ossification and skeletal metamorphosis.
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Although rare, heterotopic pregnancies are becoming more common, likely due to increased use of IVF . The survival rate of the uterine fetus of an ectopic pregnancy is around 70 %.
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Another finding, often misinterpreted as early heterotopic bone formation, is an increased ( early ) uptake around the knees or the ankles in a patient with a very recent spinal cord injury.
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In heterotopic ossification, the swelling tends to be more proximal and localized, with little or no foot / ankle edema, whereas in thrombophlebitis the swelling is usually more uniform throughout the leg.
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These neurons with the mutant DCX gene fail to migrate into the cortex and thus form the underlying heterotopic band, while neurons which express the normal gene successfully migrate out to the cortical plate.
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Akbayir N, Alkim C, Erdem L, S�kmen HM, Sungun A, Ba _ T, Turgut S, Mungan Z . Heterotopic gastric mucosa in the cervical esophagus ( inlet patch ) : Endoscopic prevalence, histological and clinical characteristics.
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The implants can be at the same location where the tumor was formed in the patient, in which case are known as orthotopic xenografts or, most commonly, at a different location, generally subcutaneous, in which case are called heterotopic xenografts.
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Characteristically exhibiting in the big toe at birth, it causes the formation of heterotopic bone throughout the body over the course of the sufferer's life, causing chronic pain and eventually leading to the immobilisation and fusion of most of the skeleton by abnormal growths of bone.
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Barnard designed the idea of the heterotopic ( or " piggy back " transplant ) in which the patient's diseased heart is left in place while the donor heart is added, essentially forming a " double heart . " Barnard performed the first such heterotopic heart transplant in 1974.
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Barnard designed the idea of the heterotopic ( or " piggy back " transplant ) in which the patient's diseased heart is left in place while the donor heart is added, essentially forming a " double heart . " Barnard performed the first such heterotopic heart transplant in 1974.
