title: Thrombocytopenia with absent radius in a boy and his uncle.
abstract: We report a boy and his maternal uncle who have Thrombocytopenia-Absent Radius (TAR) syndrome. The mother of the propositus is normal. A maternal aunt has mild radial hypoplasia, possibly representing partial expression of the syndrome. A review of the literature shows several pedigrees in which relatives other than sibs were affected with TAR. Thus, autosomal recessive inheritance may not account for all cases and alternate modes of transmission should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Division of Human Genetics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Schnur
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Eunpu
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Zackai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001848:Bone Diseases, Developmental / Q000235:genetics; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D011884:Radius / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013577:Syndrome; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000235:genetics*