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However, the correlation between serum cobalamin concentration and small intestinal histologic lesions has not been established in cats.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Hypothesis\/Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Determine the correlation between serum cobalamin and folate concentrations, histologic lesions, and clinical outcomes in cats with chronic enteropathy (CE).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Animals<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded duodenal and ileal samples from 73 client-owned cats with CE.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Retrospective study. Tissue archives were systematically searched for cases of CE with recorded serum cobalamin concentrations. A single pathologist blinded to clinicopathological data scored duodenal and ileal biopsy samples using a modified World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA) scoring system. A modified Feline Chronic Enteropathy Activity Index (FCEAI) was used for outcome assessment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Seventy-three cases were included. Serum cobalamin concentrations showed a moderate negative correlation with total ileal WSAVA and cellular infiltrate scores (r\u00a0=\u00a0\u22120.44, P\u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a0.001 and r\u00a0=\u00a0\u22120.50, P\u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a0.001). Serum folate concentration did not show any significant correlations. Out of 51 cats with hypocobalaminemia, 50 had histologic lesions in either the ileum, the duodenum, or both, and 5 had histologic lesions confined to the duodenum with no ileal involvement. Serum cobalamin concentration was not associated with FCEAI or outcome.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and clinical importance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Serum cobalamin concentrations in cats with CE are negatively correlated with histopathologic severity, particularly cellular infiltration in both the duodenum and ileum. 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