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. 2008 Feb;63(1):77–84. doi: 10.1590/s1807-59322008000100014

Table 2.

Effects of pentoxifylline (PTX) treatment before or after hydrochloric acid (HCl) instillation on the levels of total protein (TP) in bronchoalveolar lavage and wet-to-dry ratio (W/D). Data are shown as mean±SD.

Control-MV HCl HCl+ PTX PTX + HCl
TP (mg/mL) 20.4±0.6 49.6±4.3* 36±3.1 28±2.5#
W/D (g) 9.4±1.3 14±1.4* 11.2±1.8 8.6±0.5#
*

p<0.05 compared with Control, HCl+PTX and PTX+HCl.

#

p<0.05 compared with HCl and HCl+PTX.