Associations between deletions of FCGR3B and susceptibility to adult autoimmune diseases have been found for SLE (78, 85, 98, 105, 154), ulcerative colitis (83), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (81, 82, 155–157), ankylosing spondylitis (84), systemic sclerosis (80), primary Sjögren syndrome (SS) (79, 155), microscopic polyangiitis and Wegener's granulomatosis (85). This evidence concerns the gene FCGR3B and Sjogren syndrome.