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metaplastic
characteristic of metaplasia.


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The Coelomic Metaplastic Theory: the metaplastic changes of the coelomic epithelium into endometrial glands could explain endometriosis in unusual sites; genital tract mucosa is derived from the primitive coelomic peritoneum.
pylori infection increases the risk of gastric carcinoma by 5- to 90-fold, depending on the distribution and magnitude of the metaplastic response.
It is commonly accepted that synovial chondromatosis develops as a result of a metaplastic chondroid transformation of the connective tissue of the synovial membrane.
 
 
 
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