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Table 2 Interferon-α, interleukin-8 and IgA in serum before and after treatment

	INF-α, pg/mL		IL-8, pg/mL		IgA, g/L
Arms of the patients	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
	treatment	treatment	treatment	treatment	treatment	treatment
Experimental	8.07 ± 2.97	3.73 ± 2.88df	30.8 ± 4.42	17.1 ± 0.65df	0.45 ± 0.05b	0.71±0.22df
arm (n = 37)
Control	6.88 ± 1.77	6.12 ± 1.53	27.0 ± 2.72	25.2 ± 1.23b	0.35 ± 0.9	0.54 ±0.05d
arm (n = 20)

^bP < 0.01 and

^dP < 0.001 significant difference before vs after treatment;

^fP < 0.01 vs control arm after treatment. INF: Interferon; IL: Interleukin.