Arthritis Research & Therapy

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The ITGAV rs3738919 variant and susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis in four Caucasian sample sets

Jade E Hollis-Moffatt1*, Kerry A Rowley1, Amanda J Phipps-Green1, Marilyn E Merriman1, Nicola Dalbeth2, Peter Gow3, Andrew A Harrison4, John Highton5, Peter BB Jones2, Lisa K Stamp6, Pille Harrison7, B Paul Wordsworth7 and Tony R Merriman1

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, 710 Cumberland Street, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand

2 Department of Medicine, University of Auckland, 2 Park Road, Auckland 1023, New Zealand

3 Rheumatology, Middlemore Hospital, 100 Hospital Road, Auckland 2025, New Zealand

4 Department of Medicine, University of Otago, 23A Mein Street, Wellington 6242, New Zealand

5 Department of Medicine, University of Otago, 201 Great King Street, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand

6 Department of Medicine, University of Otago, 2 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand

7 Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Windmill Road, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11:R152 doi:10.1186/ar2828

Published: 9 October 2009

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Allele and genotype distribution of rs10174098 and rs3911238. OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; HWE, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; UK, United Kingdom; WTCCC, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium.

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