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*Flat lesions without IELs are unlikely to be celiac sprue. | *Flat lesions without IELs are unlikely to be celiac sprue. | ||
*Mucosa erosions are rare in celiac sprue; should prompt consideration of an alternate diagnosis (infection, medications, Crohn's disease). | *Mucosa erosions are rare in celiac sprue; should prompt consideration of an alternate diagnosis (infection, medications, Crohn's disease). | ||
*Biagi ''et al.''<ref name=pmid15280404>{{cite journal |author=Biagi F, Luinetti O, Campanella J, ''et al.'' |title=Intraepithelial lymphocytes in the villous tip: do they indicate potential coeliac disease? |journal=J. Clin. Pathol. |volume=57 |issue=8 |pages=835–9 |year=2004 |month=August |pmid=15280404 |pmc=1770380 |doi=10.1136/jcp.2003.013607 |url=}}</ref> count twenty cells in five (villi) tips. | |||
===Refractory sprue=== | ===Refractory sprue=== |
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