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"Greta C. de Wolf" <[log in to unmask]> said:

>>There is a bill in our federal congress (HOUSE BILL HR 2573 and SENATE
>>BILL S1897) to establish an office for auto immune diseases in the
>>National Institute of Health. ..
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>>(Sample letter)...
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>>...important that Celiac Disease and Dermatitis Herpetiformis be included
>>as an autoimmune disease. ... Enclosed is a copy of an
>>Newsweek stating that we now believe as many as 1 in 250 Americans
>>suffer from these diseases.

Put this in real perspective for then by then adding:

" That prevalence would match that of juvenile-onset diabetes,  prominent
among those studied in current autoimmune research programs there."

                                           Kemp Randolph
                                           Long Island
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