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Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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Stained photomicrographs of small intestinal biopsies from newly diagnosed celiac disease patients showing marked architectural distortion that comprise total villous atrophy, crypt hyperplasia and increased intraepithelial lymphocytes.

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Lab of Dr. Sankar Ghosh/Columbia University Medical Center

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