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Can't stop growing /

Joseph Merrick, 'The Elephant Man', suffered from Proteus Syndrome - a rare genetic disorder where parts of the body grow out of all proportion. We meet 4 year old sufferer Abigail Lider and her family as they travel to Maryland USA for a week of tests. They also travel to meet other Prote...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Electric Sky (Firm) (Producer)
Other Authors: White, Carol (Director), Lintern, Richard (Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: London, England : Electric Sky, 2013.
Series:Health and society in video
Amazing Lives
Subjects:
Growth disorders.
Abnormalities, Human.
Proteus syndrome.
Growth Disorders
Proteus Syndrome
Troubles de la croissance.
Syndrome de Protée.
Abnormalities, Human
Growth disorders
Proteus syndrome
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Summary:Joseph Merrick, 'The Elephant Man', suffered from Proteus Syndrome - a rare genetic disorder where parts of the body grow out of all proportion. We meet 4 year old sufferer Abigail Lider and her family as they travel to Maryland USA for a week of tests. They also travel to meet other Proteus sufferers learning to live with this incurable condition. In the UK 31 year old Mandy Sellars has a rare form of Proteus Syndrome which causes her legs to be giant while the rest of her body remains petite.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Apr. 15, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (51 min.).
Playing Time:00:50:30