Clinical significance of K-ras oncogene activation in ampullary neoplasms

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 460-464

  Chung, C H ^a   Wilentz, R E ^a,b   Polak, M M ^a   Ramsoekh, T B ^a   Noorduyn, L A ^a   Gouma, D J ^b   Huibregtse, K ^b   Offerhaus, G J A ^a   Slebos, R J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampullary neoplasms; Brush cytology; Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; K ras; Point mutation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029920056     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.49.6.460     Document Type: Article

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