Gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumors in the pediatric population: A report of four cases and a review of the literature

Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 220-230

  Kerr, Jody Z ^a   Hicks, M John ^a   Nuchtern, Jed G ^a   Saldivar, Victor ^b   Heim Hall, Josefine ^b   Shah, Shafqat ^b   Kelly, David R ^c   Cain, Walter S ^c   Chintagumpala, Murali M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal autonomic nerve tumor; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Immunohistochemistry; Pediatric; Ultrastructural

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BARIUM; DESMIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE TUMOR; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; S100 PROTEINS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032919147     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990101)85:1<220::AID-CNCR30>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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