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Girl grows two new kidneys
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T.K. RandallMay 18, 2010 ·
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A young girl has baffled doctors by growing two replacement kidneys when her existing ones both failed.
Having suffered from kidney infections since birth the five-year-old was found to have two new kidneys growing in to replace the two failing ones meaning that she had a record four kidneys in total. Now aged eight the girl is healthy and full of life.
A girl left seriously ill when both her kidneys failed astounded medical experts by growing two new ones. Angel Burton suffered from painful kidney infections from birth to the point where she required surgery at the age of five.
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Daily Mail |
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