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Cluster studies can help pinpoint some of the causes of scleroderma.
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Scleroderma/Lupus Cluster in South Boston
You may contact scleroderma patients in South Boston, Mary-Margaret Alessi or Liz Lombard, about this story.
Medical Mystery In South Boston Probed. Officials Report High Number Of Disease Cases. Scleroderma is rare, but is striking an unusually high number of people in South Boston. TheBostonChannel 12/15/04.
WGBH PBS aired a half-hour special on Scleroderma/Lupus in South Boston. 6-1-01.
ABC's Nightline aired a segment of the PBS documentary about the scleroderma cluster in South Boston. 3/30/01.
Sick in South Boston: A Search for Answers. Aired on PBS 3-30-01.

South Boston Lupus/Scleroderma Outbreak. The Boston Phoenix newspaper published an article about the lupus/scleroderma outbreak in the South Boston area. 9-30-99.
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