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Tidball was born with a congenital disability, which affects all four limbs.

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She was initially diagnosed with arthritis, but after a series of tests, doctors detected something much more serious: a rare congenital heart disease that required open-heart surgery.

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Thirty one patients and their companions arrived Rome, Milan, and Pisa this week, all with serious congenital diseases, wounds or amputations, the Italian foreign ministry said.

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A certificate from 1947 registers "measles" and "congenital idiot" as the causes of his death.

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Anna points to what is entered under cause of death – “congenital idiot” and “measles”.

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