From: Application of Glutamine-enriched nutrition therapy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Parameters | Control group (n = 24) | Treatment group (n = 24) | ||
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Before chemotherapy | after 4Â weeks | Before chemotherapy | after 4Â weeks | |
 CD3+ | 69.23 ± 1.15 | 55.20 ± 2.96a | 70.55 ± 3.05a | 63.67 ± 1.64b |
 CD4+ | 32.74 ± 2.85 | 26.30 ± 2.70a | 33.94 ± 2.75 | 33.83 ± 1.56b |
 CD8+ | 28.45 ± 0.98 | 28.00 ± 0.88 | 27.79 ± 0.89a | 26.50 ± 1.02b |
CD4+/CD8+ | 1.16 ± 0.58 | 0.93 ± 0.10a | 1.22 ± 0.65 | 1.28 ± 0.84b |
NK cell % | 23.95 ± 2.34 | 16.23 ± 4.15a | 25.47 ± 2.01a | 19.54 ± 4.06b |