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Mark cheerful as cystic fibrosis campaign starts, Seven-month-old Mark Dimitroff is one of 2,400 Canadians stricken with cystic fibrosis, an inherited(...)
Mark cheerful as cystic fibrosis campaign starts, Seven-month-old Mark Dimitroff is one of 2,400 Canadians stricken with cystic fibrosis, an inherited(...)

Mark cheerful as cystic fibrosis campaign starts, Seven-month-old Mark Dimitroff is one of 2,400 Canadians stricken with cystic fibrosis, an inherited(...)

Date4/28/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Mark cheerful as cystic fibrosis campaign starts, Seven-month-old Mark Dimitroff is one of 2,400 Canadians stricken with cystic fibrosis, an inherited disorder that causes the pancreas gland and the glands lining air passages to malfunction.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025953F
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