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. 2011 Dec 19;4:297–311. doi: 10.2147/CEG.S8315

Table 2.

Oberhuber/Marsh classification34

Villous architecture Crypt height Intraepithelial lymphocytosis/ECa Diagnostic of CD?
Type 0 Normal Normal height <40 IEL/100 EC No
Type 1 Normal Normal height >40 IEL/100 EC No
Type 2 Normal Crypt hyperplasia >40 IEL/100 EC No
Type 3A Mild villous flattening Increased height >40 IEL/100 EC Yes
Type 3B Marked villous flattening Increased height >40 IEL/100 EC Yes
Type 3C Total villous flattening (flat mucosa) Increased height >40 IEL/100 EC Yes
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Notes: Recently this threshold was reduced to 25/100;7 the data displayed in this table have been collated from data in Oberhuber.34

Abbreviations: CD, celiac disease; EC, enterocytes.