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Parents hope rare disease journey will help others get faster diagnosis

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For Gumeracha parents Joel Taggart and Megan Thompson, getting a diagnosis for their four-year-old daughter Shilo Taggart took more than two years.

This Friday, February 28, is Rare Disease Day and the couple is raising awareness about their daughter’s TCF20 gene mutation – the only case of its kind in SA – in the hope that other parents with a child with a rare disease will receive a diagn...


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