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Fig. 2

From: Using formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue to characterize the preterm gut microbiota in necrotising enterocolitis and spontaneous isolated perforation using marginal and diseased tissue

Fig. 2

Histology of representative sections from infants with necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) and spontaneous intestinal perforation (SIP). Sections stained with Alcian blue to visualize the goblet cells (shown in blue), as a measure of epithelial integrity. The segment from each sample with the most normal villous architecture is shown

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