CD117: A sensitive marker for gastrointestinal stromal tumors that is more specific than CD34

Modern Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 728-734

  Sarlomo Rikala, Maarit ^a   Kovatich, Albert J ^b   Barusevicius, Alan ^b   Miettinen, Markku ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

C kit; Leiomyoma; Schwannoma; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLEAR CELL SARCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOFIBROSARCOMA PROTUBERANS; FETUS; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MAST CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; MESENCHYMOMA; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; FETUS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MESODERM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031857113     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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