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Fc gamma receptor IIIa polymorphism is not associated with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus in Brazilian patients.
Revista brasileira de reumatologia - 1 Jan 2000
Grecco Marcelle, Santos Viviane Cardoso Dos, Pereira Kaline Medeiros Costa, Andrade Luís Eduardo Coelho, Silva Neusa Pereira da
Abstract excerpt
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 158V/F alleles and susceptibility to SLE in this series of patients albeit the heterozygous...
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