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Calif. Woman Fighting Rare Disease Conquers Everest
Jun 22nd 2010 – 2:29PM
Bill Allen via Los Angeles Times / MCT
LOS ANGELES (June 22) -- A California woman with a rare and potentially fatal disease that has already left her partially blind has conquered Mount Everest in an expedition aimed at drawing attention to rare vascular ailments like hers. Cindy Abbott, 51, of Irvine, suffers from Wegener's granulomatosis, in which...
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