PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Kazuo Oshimi AU - Morito Sumiya AU - Nobuyuki Gonda AU - Shogo Kano AU - Fumimaro Takaku TI - Natural killer cell activity in untreated systemic lupus erythematosus AID - 10.1136/ard.41.4.417 DP - 1982 Aug 01 TA - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases PG - 417--420 VI - 41 IP - 4 4099 - http://ard.bmj.com/content/41/4/417.short 4100 - http://ard.bmj.com/content/41/4/417.full SO - Ann Rheum Dis1982 Aug 01; 41 AB - With strictly selected controls natural killer cell activity was evaluated in 10 untreated patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Natural killer levels of the patients were significantly lower than those of the age- and sex-matched normal controls. Natural killer levels, however, did not correlate with disease activity.