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 97 STAT. 1594 PROCLAMATION 5070—JUNE 20, 1983 past few years that aggressive treatment with newly-developed anti-hyper- tensive drugs can lower blood pressure, improve kidney function, and dra- matically save lives. In addition, recent research has revealed the impor- tance of abnormalities of fine blood vessels in the development of sclero- derma. Supported by the National Institutes of Health and by private voluntary agencies, researchers throughout the world are focusing their efforts on scleroderma. Improved methods for diagnosis, treatment, and control are being explored. To increase awareness of scleroderma, recognize progress, and emphasize the need for a continued effort to defeat this disease, the Congress has, by Ante, p. 210. Senate Joint Resolution 75, designated the week of June 12 through June 18, 1983, as National Scleroderma Week, 1983. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week of June 12 through June 18, 1983, as National Scleroderma Week, 1983. I urge the people of the United States and educational, philanthropic, biomedical research, and health care orga- nizations to continue their diligent and valuable efforts to discover the cause and cure of scleroderma in order to alleviate the suffering of all per- sons afflicted by this disorder. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this seventeenth day of June, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-three and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and seventh. RONALD REAGAN Proclamation 5070 of June 20, 1983 National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week, 1983 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Liver disorders affect thousands of American children from infancy to ado- lescence. More than 100 different types of liver diseases, which attack these young people, have been identified. These diseases can be inherited or ac- quired from infection, poisons, injury, or such diseases as cystic fibrosis, anemia, leukemia, kidney or intestinal disease and glandular disorders. In- fants can be born with a damaged liver or with biliary atresia, a disease characterized by abnormally-formed bile ducts. Some disorders can result in cirrhosis of the liver. Other causes of fatal or chronic liver disease in- clude hepatitis, Reye's syndrome, Wilson's disease, galactosemia, and gly- cogen storage disease. Research on liver diseases is continuing in order to increase our under- standing of the underlying causes of these disorders, find preventive meas- ures, develop better means of early detection, and improve our current methods of treatment. Ante, p. 211. The Congress of the United States, by House Joint Resolution 234, has des- ignated the week beginning June 19, 1983 as "National Children's Liver Dis- ease Awareness Week" and has authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of that week.

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