Human gastric mucosa, light micrograph
Light micrograph of the fold of the gastric wall showing the mucosa of the stomach in the region of the pyloric antrum with its typical features: great depth of the gastric crypts and presence of pyloric glands. There are chronic inflammatory infiltrates and the presence of lymphoid follicles in the lamina propria suggesting an infection by Helicobacter pylori bacteria, a common cause of gastritis., by JOSE CALVO / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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