Polimorfismo do receptor Fc gama IIIa não está associado à susceptibilidade ao lúpus eritematoso sistêmico em pacientes brasileiros

We evaluated the possible association between FCGR3A V/F (158) polymorphism and SLE susceptibility and clinical phenotype in 305 sequentially retrieved SLE patients and 300 healthy controls from the southeastern part of Brazil by allele‐specific polymerase chain reaction. Our results showed no association between FCGR3A 158 V/F alleles and susceptibility to SLE in this series of patients albeit the heterozygous genotype was strongly associated with the disease.