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. 1982 Aug;41(4):417–420. doi: 10.1136/ard.41.4.417

Natural killer cell activity in untreated systemic lupus erythematosus

Kazuo Oshimi 1,2, Morito Sumiya 1,2, Nobuyuki Gonda 1,2, Shogo Kano 1,2, Fumimaro Takaku 1,2
PMCID: PMC1000962  PMID: 7114924

Abstract

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.

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