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Tar syndrome with unilateral absent radius and associated esophageal atresia: A variant?

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We report a male child with Thrombocytopenia and Absent Radii (TAR) syndrome but with single absent radius and associated tracheoesophageal fistula which has never been reported till date.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Surgery, KEM Hospital, Parel, 400 012, Mumbai

    Ramesh Bajaj M.S., Manish Jain, Laxmikant Kasat, Anand Naregal & S. S. Borwankar

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Bajaj, R., Jain, M., Kasat, L. et al. Tar syndrome with unilateral absent radius and associated esophageal atresia: A variant?. Indian J Pediatr 66, 460–463 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845541

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