Center for Genetic Research on Scleroderma
Abstract
THE FIRST major center for the study of genetic and environmental factors that lead to the development of scleroderma has been established by a $2.5 million grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. The 4-year grant from this agency of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md, will support a multidisciplinary and multicenter assault on this littleunderstood but often fatal connective tissue disease, which affects an estimated 500 000...