| Causes of Scleroderma (MAIN MENU) |
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| Causes
of Scleroderma: Cluster Studies |
| Cluster studies
can help pinpoint some of the causes of scleroderma. |
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| Australian Clusters |
| Systemic
scleroderma: a spatiotemporal clustering. Spatiotemporal
clustering has been demonstrated only three times previously.
We now report a fourth cluster around Edenhope, western
Victoria, Australia, with a tenfold increased cumulative
incidence to that expected. PubMed. Intern Med J. 2005 Apr;35(4):228-33. |
| Canadian Clusters |
| Canada:
Southwestern Ontario: Increased Prevalence of Scleroderma
in Southwestern Ontario: A Cluster Analysis The
cluster in Woodstock seems statistically validated. Associations
with alcohol and dental fillings require further
study. The Journal of Rheumatology
VOLUME 29: NO. 9 SEPTEMBER 2002 (Also see: Causes
of Scleroderma: Mercury (Dental Amalgam)) |
| Scleroderma Clusters
in United States |
| Choctaw
Native Americans: NIH-Funded Native American Study Finds
Gene Site Associated With Scleroderma A study blending
modern-day genetic marker research and century-old tribal
records has identified a chromosomal site associated with
the connective tissue disease scleroderma in Oklahoma Choctaw
Native Americans. Although scleroderma affects members
of all ethnic groups, the disorder is particularly prevalent
among the Choctaw. NIH
(Also see: Causes
of Scleroderma: Genetics) |
| Project
faces toxic questions. Officials want site redeveloped;
group fears spread of contamination. Led by residents Linda
Gerard and Lisa McCrillis, the Methuen Environment Coalition,
which has at least 10 members in the neighborhood, has
argued that contamination left from years of industrial
and other uses on the properties has led to disease in
the neighborhood. Boston.com 04/17/05. |
| State
is studying city's cancer rates. As the state health
department investigates cancer rates in Methuen, a professor
at Boston University said last week that cases of multiple
sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, polymyositis, scleroderma
and other autoimmune diseases in the city's Spicket River
neighborhood could signal the presence of environmental
factors that often cause such diseases. Boston.com 04/17/05. |
| South
Boston: Scleroderma/Lupus Cluster in South Boston, Massachusetts Investigation
of increased incidence of scleroderma and lupus in the South
Boston area. ISN |
