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Tue 08 Aug 2008Making the pen her friend
Around 12 babies are born every year with a genetic deletion syndrome called 22q 11. Áine Lawlor and her mother Anne talk to Fiona Tyrrellabout life with the syndrome.
I AM 24 years old. I was diagnosed with 22q 11 when I was 15. I remember that the room was full of doctors, when we were told. Getting the diagnosis meant things made sense.
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