--Partial villous atrophy (Stage 3a), or
--Subtotal villous atrophy (Stage 3b), or
--Total villous atrophy (Stage 3c).
Acknowledgement
This photomicrograph is from Figure 1c of Ludvigsson et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2009 9:19. doi:10.1186/1471-230X-9-19. The photomicrographs were obtained from Prof. Åke Öst, earlier chairman of the Swedish National Steering Group for Small Intestinal Pathology.
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