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Organ culture of small intestinal mucosa from coeliac and non-coeliac patients is described. Morphological preservation of structure was observed and an increase in the levels of alkaline phosphatase and a decrease in the lactic dehydrogenase from coeliac mucosa was noted. Similar trend in non-coeliac mucosa were not statistically significant. The initial elevted lactic dehydrogenase activity in coeliac mucosa has not previously been reported.
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Stevens, F.M., Keane, R., Fottrell, P.F. et al. Organ culture of coeliac and non-coeliac small intestinal mucosa. I.J.M.S. 147, 11–14 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02939361
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