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TAR syndrome
TAR stands for Thrombocytopenia (low blood platelets) and Aplasia (absence) of the Radius (the long bone on the thumb-side of the forearm), features characterizing this syndrome. There is phocomelia (flipper-limb) with the thumbs always…
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- Acoustic aphasia See: Auditory aphasia
- Growth and differentiation factor 8 Also called myostatin. See: Myostatin
- TIA See Transient ischemic attack
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