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African-American Scleroderma Patient Education Day

Join the Scleroderma Foundation, along with Virginia Steen, M.D., from Georgetown University Medical Center, and Laura K. Hummers, M.D., from the Johns Hopkins University Medical Center, for the first African-American Scleroderma Patient Education Day.

Learn about the risk factors specific to African-Americans such as rapid disease progression, and severe lung and organ involvement.**

WHEN: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24

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WHERE: Tremont Plaza Hotel, 222 Saint Paul Place, Baltimore, Md.

COST: $20 for first attendee, $10 for any accompanying family members or caregivers

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For more information, contact Kerri Connolly at (800) 722-HOPE (4673) or email kconnolly@scleroderma.org.

**Program is subject to change

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