Antenatal thrombocytopenia in three patients with TAR (thrombocytopenia with absent radii) syndrome |
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| Authors: | Ph Labrune MD J C Pons M Khalil V Mirlesse M C Imbert M Odièvre F Daffos G Tchernia R Frydman |
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| Institution: | 1. Service de Gynécologie Obstétrique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92141 Clamart Cedex, France;2. Institut de Puériculture, 75014 Paris, France;3. Laboratoire d'Analomie Pathologique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92141 Clamart Cedex, France;4. Service de Pédiatrie and Consultation de Génétique, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92141 Clamart Cedex, France;5. Laboratoire d'Hématologie, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, 92141 Clamart Cedex, France |
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| Abstract: | Three fetuses with TAR (thrombocytopenia with absent radii) or TAR variant syndrome were found to be thrombocytopenic during the third trimester of the pregnancy. These findings indicate that fetal blood sampling, besides ultrasonography, skeletal radiographs, or even fetoscopy, may indeed contribute to the prenatal diagnosis of TAR syndrome, and thus may help in differentiating TAR syndrome from other syndromes with malformations of the upper limbs. |
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| Keywords: | Thrombocytopenia Fetal blood sampling TAR syndrome |
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