Celiac disease, or sprue, is caused by alterations of the intestinal:
a. glands.
b. villi.
c. smooth muscle wall.
d. sphincters.
ANS: B
Gluten-sensitive enteropathy, formerly called celiac sprue or celiac disease, is an autoimmune disease that damages small intestinal villous epithelium. Celiac disease affects the villi, not the glands, the walls of smooth muscle, or sphincters.
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