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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Glutamine supplements prevented a reduction in the lymphocyte count (control : 567 + / - 96/mm3 vs. glutamine : 1007 + / - 151, p < 0. 05), and blast formation of lymphocyte (phytohemagglutinin, control : 19478 + / - 2121 dpm vs. glutamine : 33860 + / - 1433, p < 0. 01, concanavalin A, control : 19177 + / - 1897 dpm vs. glutamine : 29473 + / - 2302, p < 0. 01), and amount of phenolsulfonphthalein excretion in the urine was greater with control than with glutamine group (control : 15. 4 + / - 2. 4 % vs. glutamine : 7. 4 + / - 1. 2, p < 0. 05) 7 days after the initiation of radiochemotherapy.