In 1989 organizations representing constituents with various heritable connective tissue disorders joined together to form the Coalition for Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue (CHDCT).
The goals of CHDCT are to bring about greater awareness and understanding of heritable disorders of connective tissue in medical professions and in the public at large; to encourage teaching in the schools, to train health practitioners to help identify, diagnose, and treat various heritable connective tissue disorders; and, to foster research. Members of CHDCT believe that research on one disorder can be helpful to many.
The goals of CHDCT are:
To bring about greater awareness of heritable disorders of connective tissue in the medical professions and in the public at large.
To encourage teaching about these conditions in medical schools.
To encourage the training health practitioners to identify, diagnose and treat various heritable connective tissue disorders.
To foster research.

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Sharon Terry, MA, Co-President,
Coalition For Heritable Disorders Of Connective Tissue
4301 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 404, Washington DC 20008
Voice: 202-362-9599
Fax: 202-966-8553
E-mail: chdct@pxe.org

Priscilla Ciccariello, Co-President

Website: http://www.chdct.org

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