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Giving a chance to persons with rare diseases

By GIAN C. GERONIMO
FOURTEEN-year-old identical twins John Paul and Peter John Parco and their younger brother Vincent, 13, share something rare.

By verafiles

May 19, 2012

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By GIAN C. GERONIMO

FOURTEEN-year-old identical twins John Paul and Peter John Parco and their younger brother Vincent, 13, share something rare.

Standing at less than 3 feet despite their ages, with slurred and hoarse speech, thick lips, fisted hands and ears slowly going deaf, the Parco brothers all have Hunter syndrome (Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II), a degenerative genetic disorder that strikes a person’s physical features and mental faculties.

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