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. 2014 Mar 12;2014:251067. doi: 10.1155/2014/251067

Table 2.

Comparison of the pathology grade of alveolitis and pulmonary fibrosis.

Lung injury Group n Grade
0 I II III
Alveolitis Sham 24 21 3 0 0
RT 24 0 3 10 11
RT + DXM 24 0 17* 3* 4*

Lung fibrosis Sham 8 8 0 0 0
RT 10 0 1 7 2
RT + DXM 12 0 8# 3# 0

Alveolitis: *P < 0.05 compared with RT group.

Lung fibrosis: # P < 0.05 compared with RT group within the same grading category.