Mutations in exon 11 of c-kit occur preferentially in malignant versus benign gastrointestinal stromal tumors and do not occur in leiomyomas or leiomyosarcomas

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-60

  Lasota, Jerzy ^a   Jasinski, Marek ^a   Sarlomo Rikala, Maarit ^b   Miettinen, Markku ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ONCOGENE C KIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STROMA CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032953812     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65250-9     Document Type: Article

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