Scleroderma Unit Royal Free Hospital

Scleroderma patients are desperate for a cure and improved treatments, with many unmet clinical needs - please donate to Prof Denton's research where 100% of your donation will be used for research.
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Scleroderma is a rare chronic autoimmune disease affecting the vascular system and connective tissue. There is currently no cure.

Investment in medical research is desperately needed. The Scleroderma Unit led by Prof Chris Denton is a worldwide healthcare centre of excellence for medical research.

Please donate where 100% will be used for medical research purposes only:
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Early diagnosis is crucial to prevent irreversible life threatening damage.

Professor Chris Denton studied medicine at Guy’s Hospital in London and obtained a PhD from University College London and trained in connective tissue diseases in London. Following a Wellcome Trust Advanced Fellowship in molecular genetics at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, USA he was an Arthritis Research UK Senior Clinical Research Fellow 2000-2010. He has published extensively on laboratory and clinical aspects of connective tissue disease and pulmonary hypertension.

He leads a large clinical programme in scleroderma at the Royal Free Hospital and co-ordinates multidisciplinary care for more than 1400 patients. He was previously chair of BSR's Heberden Committee and currently chairs the UK Scleroderma Study Group (UKSSG).

Although, I, Nicola Whitehill, run this page, I have set it up in the hope that it will be a vibrant community with much patient participation by way of sharing experiences of Scleroderma and SURF (Scleroderma Unit Royal Free) ~ living the dream, hoping for a cure, eternally grateful to Prof Denton and Dame Prof Carol Black.

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