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Pregnancy in patients with thrombocytopenia and absent radii (TAR) syndrome

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  1. Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    Robert T. Diep & Murat O. Arcasoy

  2. Duke University Health System, DUMC 3912, Durham, NC, 27710, USA

    Robert T. Diep

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Diep, R.T., Arcasoy, M.O. Pregnancy in patients with thrombocytopenia and absent radii (TAR) syndrome. Ann Hematol 96, 1589–1590 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-017-3053-3

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