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Prenatal detection of TAR syndrome in a fetus with compound inheritance of an RBM8A SNP and a 334‑kb deletion: a case report.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Jan 2014
Papoulidis Ioannis, Oikonomidou Eirini, Orru Sandro, Siomou Elisavet, Kontodiou Maria, Eleftheriades Makarios, Bacoulas Vasilios, Cigudosa Juan C, Suela Javier, Thomaidis Loretta, Manolakos Emmanouil
Abstract excerpt
Thrombocytopenia‑absent radius syndrome (TAR) is a rare genetic disorder that is characterized by the absence of the radius bone in each forearm and a markedly reduced platelet count that results in life‑threatening bleeding episodes (thrombocytopenia). Tar syndrome has been associated with a deletion of a segment of 1q21.1 cytoband. The 1q21.1 deletion syndrome phenotype includes Tar and other features such as...
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