TAR Syndrome, Alex S Journal A personal page about this disorder including links to information. http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/seepat/
Extractions: skip to: page content links on this page site navigation footer (site information) ... subglobal8 link Best viewed at 1024 x 768 Home Brief Overview Medical Research / Associations Platelets ... Pat Ouellette On September 28, 1998 my son Alex was born with thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) and missing radii in both arms. The diagnosis was made as TAR Syndrome, meaning "Thrombocytopenia, Absence of Radius syndrome". Tar Syndrome is a rare genetic disease, when Alex was diagnosed the hospital told us that there were 161 known documented cases in Canada. A Spanish study showed that the estimated frequency of Tar syndrome in their area was .42 per 100,000 live born infants. It is not known if we can assume a similar frequency in Canada and in the United States. The Reason for this web page is to help anyone confronted with TAR's Syndrome and at the same time find support for my own son.
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TAR Syndrome will be doing my paper on tar syndrome. Alex is a cute little boy. I wish tar syndrome. Have a great day, and thanks for all of the information! http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/seepat/emailrec2004.htm
Extractions: Emails Recieved 2004 Emails prior to 2002 were not posted as we did not see a need to post same. However with time our thoughts have changed. Although most emails have return address', address' will not be posted without the consent of the sender. Recieved 2004-01-15 Hello!! My name is Emily Vander Schaaf and I am a student at St. Luke's college in
Contents For families of children born with this rare disorder. http://www.ivh.se/TAR/contents.htm
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Extractions: E-mail: purinton@earthlink.net TAR Syndrome Support Group National organizations , resources on genetic conditions or birth defects Thrombocytopenia-Absent Radius Syndrome eMedicine, 11-1- 2004 Thrombocytopenia and absent radius (TAR) syndrome by Judith G. Hall, OC, MD Thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome: a clinical genetic study KLGreenhalgh RTHowell ABottani PJAncliff HGBrunner CCVerschuuren-Bemelmans EVernon KWBrown and RANewbury-Ecob Journal of Medical Genetics 2002;39:876-881
TAR Syndrome Two New Cases of ThrombocytopeniaAbsent Radii (TAR) Syndrome* Ercan Kirimi, MD, Nejat Narli, MD, Mehmet Satar, MD. http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
TAR Syndrome Support Group Welcome to the tar syndrome Support Group. Click here to enter! Click here to enter!A support group for families of children born with this rare disorder. http://www.ivh.se/TAR/
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Thrombocytopenia Absent Radius Syndrome Thrombocytopeniaabsent radius (TAR) syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that is apparent at birth (congenital). The disorder is characterized by low http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126
Extractions: (advertisement) Home Specialties Resource Centers CME ... Patient Education Articles Images CME Patient Education Advanced Search Consumer Health Link to this site Back to: eMedicine Specialties Plastic Surgery Hand Last Updated: October 21, 2002 Rate this Article Email to a Colleague Synonyms and related keywords: limb anomaly, apical ectodermal ridge, AER, radial dysplasia, constriction bands, Holt-Oram syndrome, VATER syndrome, Fanconi syndrome, TAR syndrome, Aase syndrome, Nager syndrome, Treacher Collins syndrome, Roberts syndrome, intercalated phocomelia, amelia, phocomelia, acheiria, adactyly, absence of hand, absence of fingers, preaxial deficiency, cleft hand, syndactyly, Apert syndrome, Poland syndrome, acrosyndactyly, symphalangism, radioulnar synostosis, flexion deformities, camptodactyly, arthrogryposis, clinodactyly, delta phalanx, duplication, mirror hand, ulnar dimelia, macrodactyly, arthrogryposis multiplex congenita AUTHOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 8 Author Information Embryology And Incidence Dysmorphology Classification ... Bibliography
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Extractions: helpful? yes no TAR syndrome: Thrombocytopenia and Absent Radius Thrombocytopenia means low platelets. The thrombocytes are the platelets and 'penia' means 'not very much of.' In T hrombocytopenia and A bsent R adius there are low platelets and absence of the radius on both sides (bilaterally). The radius and the ulna are the two bones in the forearm. The radius is the bone that is on the side of the forearm where the thumb is and the ulna is on the side of the arm where the little finger is. There may be other bones involved as well but the unique feature of Thrombocytopenia and Absent Radius is that although the radius is absent, the thumb is present. Most other limb anomalies that involve the radius also affect the thumb. There are a number of other disorders that involve elements of the blood and abnormal structure of bones of the arm and it is important to realise that TAR is a very specific condition. TAR is considered a congenital abnormality since the bone structure is abnormal at birth. TAR has an ongoing problem since during childhood most affected individuals continue to have low platelets. Viral illnesses and other kinds of stress can cause the platelets to become very low and even require platelet transfusions. All individuals with TAR have low platelets but often as they grow older, it becomes less of a problem and affected individuals can outgrow the risk of bleeding related to low platelets. About ninety per cent of individuals with TAR are symptomatic during the first year of life with easy bruising, bleeding from the GI tract or even bleeding into the brain. The level of platelets will fall and rise throughout low platelet episodes. A normal platelet count is greater than two hundred thousand platelets per millilitres squared of blood. Individuals with TAR may have less than ten thousand platelets per millilitres squared when they are having severe episodes.
Extractions: helpful? yes no Upper limb deficiencies may be traumatic or congenital. Congenital causes may be environmental, genetic or mixed but only a few conditions occur with identified inherited patterns or chromosomal abnormalities. These may include birth injuries such as brachial plexus palsies, in which the baby is often big, with shoulder dystocia causing a traction injury to the nerves to the arm ( Erb's palsy or Klumpke's palsy). Most babies recover within a month, but some may develop a small weak arm. In such cases, surgery to the brachial plexus may be warranted. Whole limb Elbow Radial head dislocation causes mild loss of forearm rotation and a cosmetic bulge over the outer elbow. It is sometimes associated with other skeletal anomalies such as
Thrombocytopenia-Absent Radius Syndrome,Radial Aplasia Thrombocytopeniaabsent radius (TAR) syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that isapparent at tar syndrome is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. http://www.icomm.ca/geneinfo/tar.htm
