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Abigale Lider and her family

Can't Stop Growing

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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 four-year-old sufferer Abigale 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 Sellers has a rare form of Proteus Syndrome which causes her legs to be giant while the rest of her body remains petite.   



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