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Why Global Collaboration Is So Important to Systemic Sclerosis Patients

The 4th Systemic Sclerosis World Congress was held Feb. 18-20 in Lisbon, Portugal, and organized by the World Scleroderma Foundation, which describes itself as “a nonprofit, non-governmental foundation based in Switzerland, which functions as a research organization in favor of patients suffering from scleroderma.” The Foundation’s Mission Statement:…

Rare Disease Day 2016: a Highlight on Scleroderma

I am very excited to make Rare Disease Day 2016 the focus of my first post for Scleroderma News. What is Rare Disease Day? From Eurordis.org: “Held each year on the last day of February, Rare Disease Day is an annual awareness-raising event coordinated…