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Series 3 Episode 14: Farah O'Regan and Matt Johnson. Down syndrome and very young onset diabetes

Series 3 Episode 14: Farah O'Regan and Matt Johnson. Down syndrome and very young onset diabetes

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Farah O'Regan talks about how her son who had Down syndrome and a severe congenital heart condition needing surgery diagnosed in pregnancy and then developed Type 1 diabetes on day 2 of life. In early childhood he was diagnosed with 2 more autoimmune conditions, coeliac disease and hypothyroidism. Researcher Matt Johnson explains his research which has established that Down syndrome directly results in very early-onset autoimmune diabetes.

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