The gastric hypercellular microleiomyoma as a precursor lesion for clinical gastrointestinal stromal tumors

Human Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1355-1360

  Mikami, Tetuo ^a   Terada, Takahiko ^b   Nakamura, Kyouichi ^b   Okayasu, Isao ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Immunohistochemistry; Ki 67; Microleiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOSIS INDEX; STOMACH TUMOR;

EID: 0031440114     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(97)90223-9     Document Type: Article

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