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ratio of the count of pancreatic islets with adjacent inflammatory infiltrate to total pancreatic islet count
A calculated measurement in which the number of pancreatic islets that display infiltration of inflammatory cells in the surrounding ducts and blood vessels and immediately surrounding the islets but without immune cells within the islets, is divided by the total number of pancreatic islets, and the result presented as a ratio, fraction, quotient or percentage.