Gastrointestinal stromal tumors/smooth muscle tumors (GISTs) primary in the omentum and mesentery: Clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 26 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1109-1118

  Miettinen, Markku ^a   Monihan, James M ^a   Sarlomo Rikala, Maarit ^c   Kovatich, Albert J ^b   Carr, Norman J ^a   Emory, Theresa S ^a   Sobin, Leslie H ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

C kit; GIST; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MESENTERY TUMOR; OMENTUM; STROMA CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD34; DESMIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; S100 PROTEINS; SMOOTH MUSCLE TUMOR;

EID: 0032862462     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199909000-00015     Document Type: Article

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