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Expert explains rare breathing condition

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An expert has described the effects of congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) - a condition a one-year-old boy at the centre of a "right-to-life" legal dispute is thought to have been born with.

The father of the baby, known as Baby RB for legal reasons, has withdrawn his objections to stop a hospital withdrawing life support from his seriously ill son.

Peter Finney, chairman of the Myasthenia Gravis Association said "there is enormous spectrum of disability that can come from the disease".

READ MORE: Father drops right to life fight

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