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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2003 Jun 11;285(5):G967–G979. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00532.2002
Measure @ 210-min Deoxycholate injury
Average villus surface area (VSA) (n = 27) 49863 ± 2334 µm2
# villi per mm2 (n = 20) 99 ± 7
Total villous surface area = (VSA)•(# villi per mm2)•(314mm2) 1.55 × 109 µm2
-Epithelialized villous surface area = (0.75)(1.55 × 109 µm2) 1.2 × 109 µm2
-Denuded villous surface area = total VSA– epithelialized VSA 3.5 × 108 µm2