University of Maryland Celiac Disease Prevalence Study for the USA - Progress of Fund Raising as of January 31, 1999

The University of Marylands Center for Celiac Research has received approximately $231,000 in contributions and pledges. We thank all of you who have made a contribution or pledge. As we reported in the September update, when we began this effort back in May of 1977, we suggested that if 1000 Celiacs, relatives or friends would make a commitment to pledge $200 per year for three (3) years, we would be on our way to funding this extremely important study. As of September 1st, we had received only 122 pledges in the amount of $70,335. To date, we have received only 8 additional pledges; however, we did receive a significant number of cash contributions for which we are very grateful.

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