• Theodore David DeVita (1962 – May 27, 1980) was an American boy with severe aplastic anemia requiring him to live in a sterile hospital room for the last...
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    Mukherjee. DeVita married Mary Kay Bush, with whom he had two children, Ted and Elizabeth. DeVita diagnosed his son Ted's aplastic anemia. Ted thereafter...
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  • Rob DeVita (born 1965), American football player Ted DeVita (1962–1980), victim of anemia Vincent T. DeVita, American physician in oncology DeVita (singer)...
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  • made for television drama film inspired by the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, who lacked effective immune systems. It stars John Travolta, Glynnis...
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  • Any Age." Scribner, New York, 2004. ISBN 0-7432-0151-5. DeVita-Raeburn home page Elizabeth Devita-Raeburn Everyday Health Cancer Special Report 2017 NCI...
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  • severe combined immunodeficiency who was forced to live in a sterile room Ted DeVita (1962–1980), a prominent sufferer of severe aplastic anaemia who was also...
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  • sterile room or bubble (to reduce risk of infection), as in the case of Ted DeVita. Full blood counts are required on a regular basis to determine whether...
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    in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 TV movie drama inspired by Vetter and Ted DeVita, starring John Travolta. The 1986 Paul Simon song "The Boy in the Bubble"...
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  • The song's title was inspired by the medical cases of David Vetter and Ted DeVita. Similar to "Graceland," "The Boy in the Bubble" took between three and...
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    contamination is a feature of the boy in the bubble trope: both David Vetter and Ted DeVita at some point used such suits. Personal protective equipment Atmospheric...
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