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===Quiescent inflammatory bowel disease===
===Quiescent inflammatory bowel disease===
Used when:
*No accepted formal definition.
 
May be used when:
#Non-specific "minimal abnormalities" are present.
#Non-specific "minimal abnormalities" are present.
#There is a history of inflammatory bowel disease.
#There is a history of inflammatory bowel disease.
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*Macrophages in the lamina propria.
*Macrophages in the lamina propria.
*Lymphoid nodules.
*Lymphoid nodules.
*Abundant plasma cells in the lamina propria.
*"Abundant" plasma cells in the lamina propria.
**''Abundant'' is subjective.


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