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. 2006 Dec;54(12):1315–1325. doi: 10.1369/jhc.6A6969.2006

Table 3.

Descriptive and formal analysis of type V collagen fibers stratified by UIP histological areas in cases of open lung biopsies of controls (non-UIP lungs)

Controls (non-UIP lungs) and histological areas of UIP
Control Normal areas Collapse areas Fibroblastic foci areas
Type V collagena 0.10 ± 0.01 0.13 ± 0.04 0.17 ± 0.03 0.20 ± 0.03
a

Control lungs X UIP normal areas (p=0.05); UIP normal areas X UIP collapse areas (p=0.009), UIP collapse areas X UIP fibroblastic foci areas (p=0.002).