A comparative study of eight candidate genes in the two ethnic groups with Rheumatoid Arthritis. The study of eight genes, relevant to Rheumatoid Arthritis in the South Asian and Caucasian patients and the non-affected matched ethnic siblings and controls, residing in the East Midlands of the UK is fully encompassed in the book. The disease, treatment with currently available drugs and the genetic basis, including the aetiology of the disease is explained. The raison d'etre for studying VDR BsmI, FokI, TNFR2, A2M, GSTT1, GSTM1, CRHRA1, CRHRA2, FcgRIIIA and ACE genes, and the association...