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Dr. Anthony Cherin

5-year-old Rayaan fights brain, spinal cord inflammation

February 8, 2018

Healthcare worker holding a model of a human spine pointing to one of its segments

When Rayann was 16 months old, he caught what seemed like a cold. Soon, he was in CHOC’s pediatric intensive care unit fighting for his life.

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