Association of common polymorphisms in known susceptibility genes with rheumatoid arthritis in a Slovak population using osteoarthritis patients as controls.docVIP

Available online /content/11/3/R70 Research article Open Access Vol 11 No 3 Association of common polymorphisms in known susceptibility genes with rheumatoid arthritis in a Slovak population using osteoarthritis patients as controls Klaus Stark1, Jozef Rovensky2, Stanislava Bla?i?ková2, Hans Grosse-Wilde3, Stanislav Ferencik3, Christian Hengstenberg1 and Rainer H Straub4 1Department of Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93042 Regensburg, Germany 2National Institute of Rheumatic Diseases, Nabr. I. Krasku 4, 921 23 Pie?tany, Slovakia 3Institu