Interstitial cells of cajal as precursors of gastrointestinal stromal tumors

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 377-389

  Sircar, K ^a   Hewlett, B R ^a   Huizinga, J D ^a   Chorneyko, K ^a   Berezin, I ^a   Riddell, R H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

CD117; CD34; Electron microscopy; Gastrointestinal autonomic neural tumor (GANT); Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST); Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC); Kit; Leiomyoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Muscle specific actin; PGP; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; NEURILEMOMA; STROMA CELL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEOPLASMS, CONNECTIVE TISSUE; NEURILEMMOMA; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; STROMAL CELLS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032935024     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199904000-00002     Document Type: Article

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