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World Service,19 Nov 1999,24 mins

Help For A Very Rare Skin Condition

Health Matters

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A rare skin condition, cataract surgery, medical gloves for cold hands, Indian stress tips. A reader asks for help with the rare skin condition bullous ichthyosiform erythroderma. Also a report on sight-saving surgery for people with cataracts in Mauritania; how medical gloves may help those with chronically cold hands; how people in India are resolving stress.

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