title: The Rare Bone Disease Working Group: report from the 2016 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Annual Meeting.
abstract: A working group on rare bone diseases was held in Atlanta, Georgia as part of the 2016 annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. The meeting was organized by Matthew Drake. Given recent advances in our understanding of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), the initial portion of the program was devoted to basic, translational, and clinical aspects of FOP. The remainder of the program was divided into updates on an array of rare bone diseases as detailed below. In total, there were more than 120 scientists from academia and industry in attendance.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, United States. Electronic address: drake.matthew@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.affiliation: Section on Skeletal Disorders and Mineral Homeostasis, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and the Institute for Human Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States.
authors.forename: Edward C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Hsiao
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008903:Minerals / Q000378:metabolism*; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D012955:Societies, Medical
chemical_list: D008903:Minerals
keywords: Fibrous dysplasia; Hypophosphatasia; Osteogenesis imperfecta; Osteopetrosis; Rare bone disease; X-linked hypophosphatemia