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ArticleJournal of medical genetics2002

Thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome: a clinical genetic study.

K L Greenhalgh, R T Howell, A Bottani, P J Ancliff, H G Brunner, C C Verschuuren-Bemelmans, E Vernon, K W Brown, R A Newbury-Ecob

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Article in Journal of medical genetics, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48 citing papers in PubMed, 185 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

K L GreenhalghDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Level B, St Michael's Hill, Southwell Street, Bristol BS2 8EG, UK.
R T Howell
A Bottani
P J Ancliff
H G Brunner
C C Verschuuren-Bemelmans
E Vernon
K W Brown
R A Newbury-Ecob
University of Bristol · GBDialyse Centrum Groningen · NLGreat Ormond Street Hospital · GBRadboud University Nijmegen · NLSouthmead Hospital · GBSt Michael's Hospital · GBSt Michaels Hospital · GBUniversity Hospital of Geneva · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The thrombocytopenia-absent radius (TAR) syndrome is a congenital malformation syndrome characterised by bilateral absence of the radii and a thrombocytopenia. The lower limbs, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and other systems may also be involved. Shaw and Oliver in 1959 were the first to describe this condition, but it was Hall et al in 1969 who reported the first major series of patients. Since then most reports have been based on single or small numbers of cases. We report the results of a clinical study looking at the phenotype of 34 patients with TAR syndrome. All cases had a documented thrombocytopenia and bilateral radial aplasia, 47% had lower limb anomalies, 47% cow's milk intolerance, 23% renal anomalies, and 15% cardiac anomalies. Congenital anomalies not previously described in association with TAR syndrome included facial capillary haemangiomata, intracranial vascular malformation, sensorineural hearing loss, and scoliosis. Karyotype analysis, chromosome breakage studies including premature centromeric separation and fluorescence in situ hybridisation studies looking for a deletion of chromosome 22q11 were undertaken. Two abnormal karyotypes were identified.

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Abnormalities, MultipleArmChildChromosome AberrationsChromosomes, Human, Pair 22Digestive System AbnormalitiesFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceKaryotypingLegMaleRadiusSyndromeThrombocytopenia

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PMID12471199
PMCPMC1757221
OpenAlexW1977389796

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